Quit Smoking for Healthier Sinuses

Researchers assessed the severity of symptoms and medication use of 103 former smokers with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and found that the severity of CRS decreased to the levels of nonsmoking CRS patients over the course of about ten years. The former smokers also saw an improvement in the severity of symptoms, medication usage, and quality-of-life over that time span. The findings may provide motivation for smokers to stop smoking. — Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, July 2017