Wasu jama'a suna cikin haɗarin kamuwa da cutar huhu, yayin da wasu dalilai ke ƙara haɗarin kuma ana iya guje wa. 

Mutanen da ke cikin haɗari

• The yara da musamman kananan yara. Haɗarin yana ƙaruwa sosai a cikin waɗanda ke fuskantar shan taba.
• The tsofaffi musamman idan suna zaune a gidan da suka yi ritaya.
• Mutanen da na kullum cututtuka na numfashi (asthma, emphysema, COPD, mashako, cystic fibrosis).
• Mutanen da ke fama da ciwo mai tsanani wanda ke raunana rigakafi da tsarin, kamar kamuwa da cutar HIV/AIDS, kansa, ko ciwon sukari.
• Mutanen da suka karɓi maganin rigakafi ko maganin corticosteroid suma suna cikin haɗarin haɓaka cutar huhu.
• Mutanen da suka yi aure a yanzu numfashi kamuwa da cuta, kamar mura.
• Mutanen asibiti, musamman a cikin sashin kulawa mai zurfi.
• Mutanen da aka fallasa sinadarai masu guba a cikin aikinsu (misali varnishes ko fenti thinners), masu shayarwa tsuntsaye, ma'aikata a cikin yin ko sarrafa ulu, malt da cuku.
• yawan 'yan asalin a Kanada da Alaska suna cikin haɗari mafi girma na ciwon huhu na pneumococcal.

Ma'aikatan haɗari

• Shan taba da bayyanar da hayaki na hannu na biyu
• Abun alkama
• Amfani da magani
• Gidaje marasa tsafta da cunkoso