A member asked:

I shared a cigarette with a guy i don't know and a couple weeks after i have 3 random canker sores on my mouth. is it possible this is hpv-1?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

No risk, no worries: Is HPV a typo? Do you mean HIV-1? Anyway, don't worry about it. Neither HPV nor HIV can be transmitted by a shared cigarette, and neither one would ever cause "3 randon canker sores". Don't worry about it.

Answered 4/11/2016

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