Smoking is not recommended for patients with pulmonary nodules.
Lung nodules can be caused by a variety of pathologies, some of which may be precancerous or caused by malignant tumors in the lungs. Continuing to smoke for these diseases may increase the incidence of cancer or accelerate the progression of malignant tumors in the lungs, so smoking is not recommended.
In addition, even if lung nodules are benign lesions, smoking will still have adverse effects on health, for example, it may lead to an increase in the incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or coronary heart disease and other related diseases, therefore, smoking is also not recommended.
To summarize, patients with pulmonary nodules are advised to quit smoking immediately, and need to be monitored more closely and go to the hospital for regular follow-up.