After all these years we are just now finding out smoking causes bone healing problems? How did all those bones heal back in the day when everyone smoked? I think, for me, no matter how nice they were, I'd have gone to another facility. Don't get me wrong, I am planning to quit new years (I know, you've heard it before) but that's just so strange to hear that a doctor will not do bone surgery unless a patient stops smoking. Maybe they are right but I'd seek a second opinion to be sure. Now, excuse me while I go research some of this stuff. Jim's doctor told us smoking increases UTI's. Since cutting down to 3-4 a day he does seem to have less UTI issues, actually none in a couple of years. Or maybe it's the macrobid he takes. We think it may be both?