HC Deb 16 July 1985 vol 83 c129W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has any information on the likelihood of regular smokers contracting Legionnaire's disease.

Mr. John Patten

There is limited epidemiological evidence to suggest that cigarette smoking is one of the risk factors which can give rise to an increased possibility of developing the disease after exposure to the infection through the inhalation of polluted water droplets.

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