David There is a book called "The Back Pain Revolution" by Gordon Waddell that quotes research on low back pain and smoking. Smoking was seen to be related to more chance of developing chronic back pain I believe. I have the book at work and will look up the ref tomorrow. ..In message <614C4D0DBC3AD311AA4000508B4FD5C20BA507@CHLSLOUGH>, David <[log in to unmask]> writes >Is anybody aware of 'good quality' research that shows any correlation >between smoking and LBP? +ve and/or -ve > >Thanks in anticipation > >Dave Riddell > > -- John Spencer %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%