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Smoking may increase some people’s risk of testing positive for COVID-19 – News-Medical.Net

Researchers in the United States have conducted a detailed analysis examining whether smoking increases or decreases the risk of testing positive for coronavirus…

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Researchers in the United States have conducted a detailed analysis examining whether smoking increases or decreases the risk of testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The team’s retrospective chart review of patients who tested positive or negative for COVID-19 during hospitalization found that smoking was associated with an increased risk of testing positive among patients aged 40 to 49 years.
On the other hand, men and patients who were aged 50 to 69 years were at an increased…

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