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Smoking increases risk of TB infection, says new study

People who smoke have a greater risk of becoming infected with tuberculosis (TB) and of having that infection turn into active TB disease, according to a new meta-analysis of 24 studies by UC Berkeley researchers. Overall, a smoker has about a 2.5 times greater risk of contracting active TB than does a non-smoker in the same population.

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