MS risks from smoking ‘clearer than ever’

The link between smoking and multiple sclerosis (MS) is “clearer than ever”, with those who smoke more likely to develop the condition and become disabled more quickly, a charity has warned.

The MS Society said it had completed a review into the connection between smoking and the condition, which affects the brain and spinal cord and has no cure.

One study found that quitting smoking could delay the onset of secondary progressive MS – a form of the condition that has no treatment – by as much as eight years.