Articles - Substance Abuse en-us http://www.thescizone.com/info N/A http://www.thescizone.com/info webmaster@thescizone.com 20 http://www.thescizone.com/info/articles/174/1/Smoking/Page-1.html  You already know that a spinal cord injury causes an impairment of the muscles involved in breathing ­ the higher the injury, the greater the impairment. That's strike one. The fact that smoking is harmful to your lungs is hardly news. Still, that's strike two. How smoking affects your lungs ­ just what happens when you smoke ­ and what this means when you have a spinal cord injury and an already compromised respiratory system is what's important to know. webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.thescizone.com/info/articles/152/1/Alcohol-Abuse/Page-1.html  A recent study indicates that just getting older makes us less able to handle alcohol. Many of the same issues that caused stress at the time of SCI show up again with aging. Alcohol, plus aging, plus SCI can be a risky combination ... webmaster@thescizone.com (Super Admin) Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0400