Cigarette smoking reduces DNA methylation levels at multiple genomic loci but the effect is partially reversible upon cessation.

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Epigenetics. 2014 Oct;9(10):1382-96. doi: 10.4161/15592294.2014.969637.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25424692

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