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the clinical onset of ulcerative colitis;
            Note: regular smoking habit as specified is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(12)      taking a drug from the Specified List 2 of drugs for at least the seven days before the clinical worsening of inflammatory bowel disease;
            Note: Specified List 2 of drugs is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(13)      taking an immune checkpoint inhibitor within the one year before the clinical worsening of inflammatory bowel disease;
(14)      taking a combined oral contraceptive pill for a continuous period of at least six months before the clinical worsening of inflammatory bowel disease and where taking the combined oral contraceptive pill has ceased, the clinical worsening of inflammatory bowel disease has occurred within one year of cessation;
(15)      undergoing organ or tissue transplantation, excluding corneal transplant, before the clinical worsening of inflammatory bowel disease;
            Note: organ or tissue transplantation is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(16)      having a bowel infection within the 30 days before the clinical worsening of inflammatory bowel disease;
(17)      experiencing a category 1A stressor within the three months before the clinical worsening of inflammatory bowel disease;
            Note: category 1A stressor is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(18)      experiencing a category 1B stressor within the three months before the clinical worsening of inflammatory bowel disease;
            Note: category 1B stressor is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(19)      experiencing a category 2 stressor within the 30 days before the clinical worsening of inflammatory bowel disease;
             Note 1: A category 2 stressor can arise in a variety of circumstances connected with service. Such circumstances can arise during the course of service, as a result of separation from service and the conditions associated with that separation, and in the transition to civilian life in the years following separation.
            Note 2: category 2 stressor is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(20)      having a clinically significant depressive disorder or a clinically significant anxiety disorder for at least the one year before the clinical worsening of inflammatory bowel disease;
            Note: clinically significant is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(21)      for Crohn disease only:
(a)          having smoked at least one pack-year of tobacco products before the clinical worsening of Crohn disease, and where smoking has permanently ceased, the clinical worsening of Crohn disease has occurred within four years of cessation;
             Note: one pack-year is defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
(b)          where exposure to second-hand smoke has not permanently ceased:
(i)            being exposed to second-hand smoke for at least 5,000 hours before the clinical worsening of Crohn disease; and
(ii)         the first exposure to second-hand smoke commenced at least one year before the clinical worsening of