Smokers' lungs may contain more gateways for the virus to enter and trigger infection.
Why COVID-19 hits smokers harder : Read more
Why COVID-19 hits smokers harder : Read more
A systematic research of the literature (PubMed) was performed on April 1. Out of 432 studies, we identified 13 studies examining the clinical characteristics of a total of 5960 hospitalized COVID-19 patients that presented data on the smoking status. No study reported e-cigarette use among COVID-19 patients. The prevalence of current smoking ranged from 1.4% to 12.6%. The random effect pooled prevalence of current smoking was 6.5% (95%CI: 4.9-8.2%). This preliminary analysis does not support the argument that current smoking is a risk factor for hospitalization for COVID-19. Instead, these consistent observations, which are further emphasized by the low prevalence of current smoking among COVID-19 patients in the US (1.3%), raises the hypothesis that nicotine may have beneficial effects on COVID-19. This could be attributed to its immunomodulatory effects and its interaction with the renin-angiotensin system.
Article is TOTAL AND UTTER BS. It is 100% gaslighting and twisting of the facts in order to further a false narrative, and a VERY OBVIOUS poorly disguised ulterior motive!Smokers' lungs may contain more gateways for the virus to enter and trigger infection.
Why COVID-19 hits smokers harder : Read more