SMOKING AND TUBERCULOSIS. Tuberculosis and smoking are responsible for high mortality worldwide. Tuberculosis causes 9 million incident cases and 1.6 million deaths every year. Smoking increases the risk of infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and of severe tuberculosis disease with death or recurrence. Cessation of smoking improves the course of the disease, promoting adherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment and definitive cure. All health-care professionals involved in tuberculosis care must be involved to help smokers with tuberculosis to quit.
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