Now smoking has got no direct link to a tonsil-or swelling because smoking is carcinogenic and it causes so many other cancers of throat and oral cavity and it has got other properties which obviously not good for your body but direct connection to a tonsillor swelling is not seen. We have some swellings like lymphoma which can happen in tonsils where one of the tonsils gets enlarged and there maybe indirect link to smoking. But in any case we have seen that some cancers like squamous cell carcinoma, Cancers which are affecting the oral cavity or the pharynx they may spread on to the tonsil and then we have a patient presenting with throat swelling. But specifically tonsils swelling which is secondary to infection may not be related to smoking. In any case is better to avoid smoking when you have any throat problem.

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