Smoking and hair loss: the evidence is stronger than most people realise — and the mechanism explains exactly why.

From Root to Ritual by Laritelle Organic. Yesterday's article was about alcohol — a relationship that's indirect, dose-dependent, and more nuanced than most coverage suggests. Smoking is a different story. Multiple peer-reviewed studies confirm smokers have significantly higher rates of androgenetic alopecia. A 2024 meta-analysis published in the *Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology* (Gupta et al.) was the first to formally quantify this rela... Read the full article: https://laritelleorganic.com/blogs/news/smoking-and-hair-loss-the-evidence-is-stronger-than-most-people-realise-and-the-mechanism-explains-exactly-why