Pulmonologist Questions Tuberculosis

If I don’t smoke, can I still get tuberculosis?

If tuberculosis is a lung disease, am I at less of a risk if I don't smoke? How does that work?

3 Answers

Yes, indeed you can.
No matter if you smoke or not, you can get TB. 12% of people that were exposed develop the disease over their life.
Tuberculosis this is an infectious disease that can affect smokers and nonsmokers.