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Q: can smoke i 1-2 cigerretes a day during the tuberculosis treatment?

my name is vivek i m 25 yrs old.i m suffering from tuberculosis from the last 8 months.I m taking the medicine from 6 and half months continuously.I didnt smoke at all during the first 4 months of medicine.But after that I started smoking 1-2 cigerretes a day.I am smoking from the last 2 months so I want to ask you if I smoke 2 cigerretes a day, will it have an affect on the treatment course that is for 9 months and how much it affects ?can it become lungs cancer as well.I am seeing a lot of improvement.There is no coughing up blood now,Its is 1% of the amount as it used to come earlier.my weight is allright  i eat too much because of hunger so there is no appetition problem.so plz answer me can smoke i 1-2 cigerretes a day?

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By vivek rattan— Last Modified: 10/15/10, First Published: 10/15/10