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smoking and vitamin C

is is bad for anyone to take vitamin C when one is smoking?i have read somewhere that it is. i am thinking og giving my brother (who smokes) vitamin C for his immune system. he has a very busy and toxic lifestyle having to go to school in the morning around 8am and going to the hospital (for his internship) until 11pm.

what vitamins should he take?
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hi! so is it safe to say that nothing adverse will happen if he takes vitamin C even if he's a smoker? thanks!
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Vitamin C is not the problem here; the problem is the smoking.  The best he can do is eat a well-balanced, wholesome diet, exercise properly, and stop smoking.  The vitamin C will not be a factor in any of this.  
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