Abstract

 

Tobacco smoking and tuberculosis (TB) are two both of the world's greatest public health problems. Even though risk factors of TB well defined, association between smoking and TB is still a matter of debate and controversy.  In recent studies have summarized a large body of published literature on the association between smoking and various TB outcomes produced evidence that smoking is a risk factor for TB infection and TB disease. In majority of these studies smoking causes additional mortality risk. Active TB disease treatment is not enough anymore. Convertible risk factors such as smoking are new viewpoint. World Health Organization (WHO) set up TB control programs with control from critical and preventable risk factors as smoking and alcoholism within a Directly Observed Treatment Strategy-based (DOTS) programme.

Key Words: Tuberculosis; Smoking; Risk Factors.