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Does smoking increase risk of COVID-19 hospitalization? – News-Medical.Net
A study conducted by UK researchers has found that patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were less likely to be current smokers than patients…
A study conducted by UK researchers has found that patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were less likely to be current smokers than patients who had been admitted with other types of respiratory viral infections last year (2019).
The researchers also found that smoking prevalence among the patients hospitalized with COVID-19 was significantly lower than would be expected in the local general population.
Worryingly, the team reports that data on smoking status was poorly…
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