Smoking can double risk of MS

Smokers are 181 times more likely to develop multiple sclerosis than non smokers according to Dr Trond Riise.
Scientists found that smokers in their forties were almost twice as likely as non-smokers to develop Ms in later life, with male smokers having 2.7 times the risk.The study examined 87 Ms patients in a sample of 22312 people between the ages of 40 and 47 in the Norwegian country of Hordaland, in order to identify the environmental factors that increase the chances of developing the disease.
Professor Riise said: “This is the first time that smoking has been established as a risk factor.., hopefully these results will help us learn more about what causes Ms by looking at how smoking affects the onset of the disease.