Smoking early is linked to chronic period pain

Young teen smokers may run a heightened risk of developing chronic severe period pain, suggests research published online in the journal Tobacco Control. Most women will experience dysmenorrhoea during their reproductive life, with the pain severe in up to 29 per cent. Smoking has been mooted as a potential risk factor, but the research to date has been inconclusive. The team from the University of Queensland, Brisbane studied a large population sample of 9,000 women, all of whom were taking part in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health, from 1996 onwards. Every three to four years between 2000 and…