It is well known that that smoking may induce cancer development but now researchers have come out giving you another reason for saying no to smoking. Actually, it has been found that people who smoke are 73 percent more likely to become infected with TB or Tuberculosis bacteria and more than twice as likely to develop active TB.
This is not for the first time when any study has come out holding smoking habit responsible for increase in TB infection as several studies conducted earlier have also done the same thing. However, this new study has once again tried to enliven the previous notion linking TB to smoking. To know what previous studies say about smoking and TB association go through these links:-
Study: Smoking may increase TB risk
Smoking and TB deaths in India
Smoking Linked to Increased TB Risk
Smoking Worsens TB Epidemics in Developing World
Smoking ‘could increase TB risk’
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