There is no study that shows a direct relationship between high uric acid and smoking. The main cause of elevated uric acid is increased uric acid production and decreased excretion, but smoking may aggravate the condition.
The cause of high uric acid on the one hand is the increased production of uric acid, the more common reason is excessive dietary intake, such as often eat animal offal, seafood and other purine-rich foods, may cause uric acid elevation. On the other hand, uric acid excretion through the kidneys is reduced, such as reduced renal tubular secretion, glomerular filtration is reduced, and other reasons may cause high uric acid.
It is currently believed that high uric acid is closely related to chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, etc. Although smoking does not directly affect the level of uric acid, it may aggravate the condition in patients with hyperuricemia who have combined with other systemic diseases, so they should still try to quit smoking.
Although high uric acid has little to do with smoking, patients should also pay attention to smoking cessation, and low purine diet, but also need to go to a specialist clinic, under the guidance of the doctor to lower uric acid treatment.