smoking with hs

I don't see a link myself, In the survey I did I had over 40 responses and less than half were smokers, doctors like to blame weight, smoking and drinking for everything but sometimes it's not the case!

I cut out gluten and saw a huge improvement, but I still smoke as I did before, so I dont see any connection.

After reading all of the responces to your post I thought i would give you my thoughts. I have had HS for 20 years and been put on all sorts of antibiotics and they even tried Remicade ( a nasty medication with bad side effects ) nothing has worked. I fluffed off my doctor telling me to quit smoking ( i have been a smoker since i was 12 ) thinking they use that excuse for everything in my eyes. After finally getting fed up and doing about 10 hours straight of research last night. A lot comes back to food allergies i noticed the paleo diet worked for some, others simply cut out glutten and others had to cut out nightshades. So i would say proscess of elimination if you dont want to quit smoking. I personally dont want to but after looking at Nightshades i noticed i eat a lot of those goods and my flareups at the moment are horrible sending me to the hospital at least 2 times a month for the past 6 months so i am working on cutting back smoking and plan on quitting for a bit so i can cut out all nightshades to see if that is my problem. I would say just do research and remember google is your friend. read up as much as possible and go from there. I personally got tired of being loaded up on all sorts of drugs and if this fixes it I guess i will have to quit smoking. I hope this helped