Tobacco use and the burning of solid fuels for indoor heating and cooking are the primary risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – a lung ailment – in women.
The risk of lung cancer may increase further to almost 16 times greater if patients with tuberculosis also suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
如果肺结核病人同时也患有慢性阻塞性肺病，那么这一概率可能会增加到 16 倍。
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I doubt cigarettes would ever get on the market now that we know the side-effects - lung cancer, heart attacks, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.