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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and risk of incident acute myocardial infarction and stroke: findings from matched cohort study of 18 million European adults

BMJ 2019; 367 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5367 (Published 08 October 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;367:l5367

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Re: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.: Smoking a cause?

Reading the responses I am perplexed,
I am anti-smoking, But I cannot understand how smoking can cause fatty liver.
Could anyone please explain?
Thank you

Competing interests: No competing interests

31 October 2019
JK Anand
Retired doctor
Free spirit
Peterborough