Smoking Is Associated With COVID-19 Progression: A Meta-analysis

Patanavanich, Roengrudee; A. Glantz, Stanton

doi:10.1093/ntr/ntaa082

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Smoking Is Associated With COVID-19 Progression: A Meta-analysis

Published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research • May 6, 2020

Authors:

Roengrudee Patanavanich

Stanton A. Glantz

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Smoking depresses pulmonary immune function and is a risk factor contracting other infectious diseases and more serious outcomes among people who become infected. This paper presents a meta-analysis of the association between smoking and progression of the infectious disease COVID-19. ...

Subject

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

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