Ive recently been feeling rubbish as ive been having a flare up and thinking about looking after myself a bit better. I am an occasional smoker (stupid, i know but it i have cut down and it is very hard to give up completely) and recently got thinking about the link between smoking and crohns. I have been told that there is no evidence that smoking affects crohns or that there is no evidence that the disease is hereditary. However, it got me thinking last night that my mum and my uncle (on my dads side) both had crohns and mine started when i started smoking at 17. I am now starting to think that if i hadnt started smoking, then i wouldnt have woken the dormant crohns passed down to me by my relatives. Does this situation sound familiar to anyone? Does anyone know if there is any research currently being conducted into the link between smoking and crohns? I hope so as if it is proven to be hereditary and linked to smoking, i will be able to try to put in measures to prevent my children from getting this disease. Thanks