Being a smoker, if you don’t consider quitting even after knowing about the life threatening diseases including respiratory illness, cancer and heart disease, then this is the high time to quit it because smoking can cause hair loss also.

Presently most of us are having stronger aesthetic sense than the sense of good health. So if not for your health then at least for the aesthetic purposes you need to quit smoking.

Link between Smoking and Hair Loss

Researchers have long contemplated that the smoke of cigarette may accelerate hair loss and sometimes premature graying. The connection has been largely ascribed to toxins in smoke, which can harm the hair follicles and damage the related hormones.

Below are listed some important information regarding the connection between hair loss and smoking.

• According to the epidemiological studies, the above mentioned factors are responsible to cause hair loss. There is a study report published in the journal BMJ that establishes the fact by conducting a survey.
• More then 600 men and women are taken under consideration who are having grey hairs or suffering hair loss. It is found that half of them are smokers. After controlling for variables, the researchers actually found a consistent and significant connection between smoking and early graying.
• Last year, another research team studied the association between hair loss and smoking in a group of 740 men in Taiwan, who are aged 40 to 91 years. The age is notable because Asian men normally have low rates of hereditary baldness.
• After controlling the conditions for age and hereditary tendencies, the researchers have found a larger rate of hair loss specifically among the smokers. It is really a risk that is growing with increased smoking.