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Susceptible to Warts
Due to reasons not yet completely comprehensible, those indulging in smoking are more prone to contracting HPV (human papillomavirus) infection – a vast virus family that causes warts inclusive of genital warts. Though genital warts are contracted due to sexually transmitted HPV forms, cigarette smoking could additionally increase risk. When the number of sexual mates is also taken into consideration, woman smokers were almost 4 times more prone to developing genital warts as compared to non-smoking women.
