Photo Credit: Bonnie Fink / Shutterstock Percentage of adults who smoke: 19.1% Percentage of adults in poor physical health: 13.9% Percentage of adults with COPD: 7.5% Percentage of adults with cancer: 5.5% Percentage of adults who have experienced a stroke: 3.5% Percentage of adults with coronary heart disease: 6.3% Population: 407,599 Photo Credit: Sean Pavone / Shutterstock Percentage of adults who smoke: 19.3% Percentage of adults in poor physical health: 15.1% Percentage of adults with COPD: 7.7% Percentage of adults with cancer: 6.1% Percentage of adults who have experienced a stroke: 3.3% Percentage of adults with coronary heart disease: 6.8% Population: 662,368 Photo Credit: Sean Pavone / Shutterstock Percentage of adults who smoke: 19.6% Percentage of adults in poor physical health: 14.1% Percentage of adults with COPD: 7.5% Percentage of adults with cancer: 6.1% Percentage of adults who have experienced a stroke: 3.5% Percentage of adults with coronary heart disease: 7.3% Population: 662,314 Photo Credit: Sean Pavone / Shutterstock Percentage of adults who smoke: 19.7% Percentage of adults in poor physical health: 13.9% Percentage of adults with COPD: 8.2% Percentage of adults with cancer: 6.0% Percentage of adults who have experienced a stroke: 3.6% Percentage of adults with coronary heart disease: 6.8% Population: 920,570 Photo Credit: Sean Pavone / Shutterstock Percentage of adults who smoke: 19.8% Percentage of adults in poor physical health: 13.7% Percentage of adults with COPD: 7.5% Percentage of adults with cancer: 5.5% Percentage of adults who have experienced a stroke: 4.3% Percentage of adults with coronary heart disease: 6.5% Population: 389,476 Photo Credit: Sean Pavone / Shutterstock Percentage of adults who smoke: 20.0% Percentage of adults in poor physical health: 13.2% Percentage of adults with COPD: 7.1% Percentage of adults with cancer: 6.4% Percentage of adults who have experienced a stroke: 3.3% Percentage of adults with coronary heart disease: 6.7% Population: 391,731 Photo Credit: Sean Pavone / Shutterstock Percentage of adults who smoke: 20.3% Percentage of adults in poor physical health: 14.6% Percentage of adults with COPD: 7.8% Percentage of adults with cancer: 6.6% Percentage of adults who have experienced a stroke: 3.7% Percentage of adults with coronary heart disease: 7.5% Population: 403,166 Photo Credit: Sean Pavone / Shutterstock Percentage of adults who smoke: 21.1% Percentage of adults in poor physical health: 13.6% Percentage of adults with COPD: 7.2% Percentage of adults with cancer: 6.0% Percentage of adults who have experienced a stroke: 3.6% Percentage of adults with coronary heart disease: 6.0% Population: 497,159 Photo Credit: Sean Pavone / Shutterstock Percentage of adults who smoke: 21.4% Percentage of adults in poor physical health: 11.7% Percentage of adults with COPD: 7.1% Percentage of adults with cancer: 5.1% Percentage of adults who have experienced a stroke: 3.1% Percentage of adults with coronary heart disease: 5.6% Population: 903,852 Photo Credit: Sean Pavone / Shutterstock Percentage of adults who smoke: 21.7% Percentage of adults in poor physical health: 13.4% Percentage of adults with COPD: 7.4% Percentage of adults with cancer: 5.7% Percentage of adults who have experienced a stroke: 4.4% Percentage of adults with coronary heart disease: 6.0% Population: 586,131 Photo Credit: Sean Pavone / Shutterstock Percentage of adults who smoke: 21.8% Percentage of adults in poor physical health: 14.8% Percentage of adults with COPD: 7.3% Percentage of adults with cancer: 5.8% Percentage of adults who have experienced a stroke: 4.1% Percentage of adults with coronary heart disease: 6.2% Population: 1,578,487 DID YOU KNOW
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Scientists have long known that smoking significantly raises the risk of acquiring tuberculosis and doubles the risk of reactivating a latent infection, but there wasnt a lot of mechanistic insight into how that very strong epidemiologic connection occurred, Kwon said
In rare and severe cases, a doctor might use more direct methods
