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Will smoking tabacco based products interfere with antibiotics for a bacterial infection? if so, when is it ok to smoke again?
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See below: Smoking does not interfere with antibiotics, but it can slow down circulation to your extremities and reduce the function of your white blood cells.
Answered 4/2/2013
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