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Research continues to show a direct correlation between smoking and skin damage, according to Dr. Romeo Morales, who recently reviewed the literature relating to the skin-related risks associated with smoking that can be shared with your patients. “We know that smokers’ faces exhibit a telltale pattern of wrinkling, coarseness and discolouration. But we are also finding these changes in the skin all over the body, not just in areas that are exposed to sunlight and other envir