Tobacco use and skin health: What pharmacists need to know
This CPD Bite explores the impact of tobacco use on skin health, highlighting how smoking contributes to premature skin ageing, impaired wound healing, pigmentation changes, and an increased risk of dermatological conditions. It explains the key mechanisms behind tobacco-related skin damage, identifies populations at higher risk, and reinforces the pharmacist’s role in raising awareness, initiating brief tobacco cessation interventions, and providing practical, person-centred support to help patients quit tobacco, improving both skin health and overall health outcomes.
