If you click on the link provided in the first post, you will see that each of the 10 things listed are clickable links where you can find out more info about each of them. Here is the info about smoking and thyroid:
An in-depth look at the relationship between smoking and thyroid disease
November 1999 -- When it comes to cigarette smoking and thyroid disease, there are three major questions that many patients have:
What is the relationship between smoking and thyroid disease?
Is it worse to smoke if you have thyroid disease? and
Is it a coincidence that a diagnosis of hypothyroidism sometimes comes not long after quitting smoking? (For more on this, take our Thyroid/Smoking Poll!).
Let's take a look at the answers.
Back in 1996, I posted a request the Usenet thyroid newsgroup for anecdotal information from other women who, like me, were diagnosed hypothyroid after stopping smoking. I stopped smoking in July of 1995, and it was not too long after that I believe my thyroid went haywire. I began to wonder about the relationship between thyroid disease and smoking.
I received a large number of responses from women who said they'd experienced this same thing -- being diagnosed with hypothyroidims not long after stopping smoking, and were interested in more information. I contacted the Thyroid Foundation of America with these questions, and they indicated that some research had been done on the relationship between smoking and the thyroid. They sent me an article from their newsletter, The Bridge, Spring 1993, Vol. 8, No. 1, titled "Smoking and the Thyroid," by David S. Cooper, M.D., F.A.C.P. You can request a copy of this article by calling the Foundation at 1-800-832-8321.
Smoking Definitely Damages the Thyroid
The article said that tobacco smoke contains substances that affect the function of the thyroid. Studies show that smokers are more likely to have thyroid enlargement, and it is possible that mild thyroid enlargement in smokers could be a sign of subtle thyroid disturbance. According to a Jan. 27, 1993 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association smokers are twice as likely as nonsmokers to develop Graves' disease. According to that article, smoking also apparently worsens eye problems in people with Graves' disease.
Smoking Increases the Risk and Severity of Thyroid Disease
One study also suggests that that smoking may increase the risk of hypothyroidism in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. (Jo urnal of Endocrinology Investigation1996 Oct;19(9):607-612, "Relationship between cigarette smoking and hypothyroidism in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis").
Also, a journal article "Cigarette Smoking and the Thyroid," The New England Journal of Medicine -- October 12, 1995 -- Volume 333, Number 15, -- says that smoking is associated with so many abnormalities of thyroid function that it is unlikely it has just one single effect on the thyroid gland.
But, the study results do not indicate that smoking causes hypothyroidism, only that it increases the severity and effects of hypothyroidism.
How Does Smoking Affect the Thyroid?
One component of tobacco smoke is cyanide, which is converted to thiocyanate, which acts as an anti-thyroid agent, directly inhibiting iodide uptake and hormone synthesis. There are many other components of smoke that might have antithyroid action; decrease the binding of triiodothyronine to its receptors or its post-receptor actions in the liver, muscle, or other organs; or both.
Smoking and Graves' Disease / Thyroid Eye Disease
The most dramatic effect of smoking on the thyroid is its association with Graves' hyperthyroidism, and especially with Graves' ophthalmopathy. Whether smoking precedes Graves' hyperthyroidism (with or without ophthalmopathy) or not, there are more smokers than would be expected among those with these conditions.
According to a Jan. 27, 1993 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association smokers are twice as likely as nonsmokers to develop Graves' disease. According to that article, smoking also apparently worsens eye problems in people with Graves' disease.
Researchers have also recently learned that smoking reduces the effectiveness of treatments for thyroid eye disease. The researchers reviewed the outcomes of 300 Graves' disease patients with mild eye symptoms treated with radioiodine alone or with steriods, and 150 with serious eye complications who received steroids and radiation therapy for their thyroid eye disease.
Among Graves' disease patients who had milder eye symptoms, smokers were more likely to progress to more serious thyroid eye disease than nonsmokers. Radioidone and steroid treatment for thyroid eye disease was also four times more effective in dealing with the eye symptoms for nonsmokers than smokers. This same relationship also applied to patients with more serious thyroid eye disease. ("Smoking affects Graves' disease treatment," Annals of Internal Medicine, 1998;129:632-635.)
The Relationship Between Quitting Smoking and Thyroid Disease Onset
While I don't have an answer as to whether or not stopping smoking "triggers" problems with the thyroid -- as it anecdotally often appears to be -- it is clear that medical researchers have found that smoking can worsen hypothyroidism in people that already have it, and smoking can seriously affect thyroid function.
My theory is that smoking/nicotine creates an artificially high metabolism that masks the fatigue/lethargy commonly seen in hypothyroidism. When the smoker quits, this masking is removed, and the full effects of hypothyroidism on the metabolism and thyroid are felt.
And, for smokers with undiagnosed thyroid dysfunction, without proper thyroid hormone treatment, stopping seems to be a metabolic/weight gain double whammy, as they lose the appetite suppressant, metabolism-upping effects of nicotine, and experience the full effects of the hypothyroidism.
Why You Should Quit?
If you have thyroid disease, you should quit smoking now!! Smoking can and often will worsen your existing thyroid problem, and if you have Graves' Disease or Thyroid Eye Disease, you absolutely must quit smoking ot help prevent further progression of problems or worsening of your eye problems.
http://thyroid.about.com/cs/latestresearch/a/smoking.htm 
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Hey thanks for posting it out, that's cool. Let my fingers do the walkin'... lol
