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            Smoking tied to back pain

            (IsraelWire-7/5) Smoking doubles the risk of suffering from severe back
            pain, according to statistics presented over the weekend in a conference
            on back pain in Haifa.

            A recent study, which was presented at the conference, shows that
            smokers have twice the risk of suffering back pain than non-smokers. The
            statistics were presented by Dr. Edit Balan, director of the pain clinic in
            the general health service of Haifa.