Smoking and Chronic Pain

ABSTRACT

Questions from patients about pain conditions and analgesic pharmacotherapy and responses from authors are presented to help educate patients and make them more effective self-advocates. The effects of smoking on the development, maintenance, and treatment of chronic pain are discussed, and resources for smoking cessation are offered.

KEYWORDS:

• chronic pain
• depression
• nicotine replacement
• smoking
• smoking cessation

Declaration of interest

The author reports no conflicts of interest. The author alone is responsible for the content and writing of this article.