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Smoking under medication

2015-11-22 08:56:03
I am currently under tb medicines. It is suppose to carry on for 4more months.. i was a heavy smoker.. and now at times when the urge cnt be controlled any more i buy one ciggarette.. 1ciggarette just a week. That iid my quota... how harmful is it ?
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Smoking affect your lungs first, decreases the breathing space of lung ,due to disease some amount of lung already become loss of function, smoking further damage

Answered2015-11-23 04:28:32

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