Nicotine worsens Crohn's disease symptoms
Evidence consistently indicates that tobacco smoking and nicotine delivery systems negatively impact clinical outcomes and disease progression in Crohn's disease.
The claim that nicotine worsens Crohn's disease symptoms is supported by literature showing that tobacco smoking negatively impacts disease outcomes (Paper 0) and that nicotine delivery systems such as e-cigarettes are associated with worse postoperative endoscopic recurrence in Crohn's disease patients (Paper 5). None of the retrieved papers refute this relationship.
Caron B, Honap S, Peyrin-Biroulet L. Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease across the Ages in the Era of Advanced Therapies.. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjae082
The review notes that smoking has consistently been shown to negatively impact disease outcomes for Crohn's disease.
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Ahmed H, Almahmood M, Short A, Gomaa S, Abdelrazeq KS, Shahzad A, Alharethi A, Elsokary K, Mansour MK, Marshall J. Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Clinical Outcomes in Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review of Emerging Evidence.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.108605
The systematic review indicates that e-cigarette use is associated with a signal for higher postoperative endoscopic recurrence in Crohn's disease.
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