Smoking leads to various diseases such as heart attack, lung cancer and other respiratory problems. But now, one more illness can be added to it.
Smokers can be at high risk of getting infected with HIV virus that causes AIDS.
A study found correlation between smoking and HIV, infecting smokers to a great extent.
Tobacco smoke may have high tendency to HIV infection by changing the responses of immune system.
The effectiveness of HIV/AIDS can be improved by the public health measures encouraging the smokers to quit smoking.
Thus, smokers need to get more information regarding the HIV infection attached to smoking consulting a specialist or by contacting AIDS control organizations. In addition, need to make fair efforts to quit smoking as early as possible.
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Via: reuters