Patients with Crohn's disease who smoke have a 2.5-fold increased risk of surgical recurrence and a twofold risk of clinical recurrence compared to non-smokers. Patients with Crohn's disease should be encouraged to stop smoking since the risk of disease relapse is minimised upon its cessation.

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The whole art of medicine is in observation" is the maxim that drove Sir William Osler to transition medical student teaching from the lecture hall to the bedside and this is the premise of how generations of doctors have developed their clinical acumen. In the majority of dermatology patient presentations, diagnosis can be made from history and examination alone. 1 The time dedicated to these skills in clinical Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.