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Smokers at increased risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 – News-Medical.Net

Smoking is associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 symptoms and smokers are more likely to attend hospital than non-smokers, a study has found.

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Smoking is associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 symptoms and smokers are more likely to attend hospital than non-smokers, a study has found.
The study published today in Thorax, by researchers from King’s College London, investigates the association between smoking and the severity of the COVID-19.
Researchers analyzed data from the ZOE COVID Symptom Study App. Of the participants of the app, 11% were smokers. This is a lower proportion than the overall UK population of 14.7%, however,…

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