Smoking cessation interventions for pulmonary tuberculosis treatment outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Active smoking increases the risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection 2 to 2.5 times and is significantly associated with recurrent TB and TB mortality. Observational studies have shown associations between smoking and poor TB treatment outcomes such as increased loss to follow-up rate, severity of disease, drug resistance and slow smear conversion. Since most smoking-related immunologic abnormalities are reversible within six weeks of stopping smoking, smoking cessation may have substantial positive effects on TB treatment outcomes, TB relapse and future lung disease.

Objectives

To analyse the effect of tobacco smoking cessation interventions (SCIs) on the treatment outcomes of people with adult pulmonary TB.

Search methods

We searched the Cochrane Tobacco Addi

SUBMITTER: Jeyashree K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7386791 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature