Smoking cessation during COVID-19: the top to-do list
As evidence continues to emerge, our understanding of the relationship between smoking and COVID-19 prognosis is steadily growing. An early outlook from World Health Organisation (WHO) indicates that smokers are more vulnerable to severe COVID-19 disease and are also more likely to be infected, as f...
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| author | Jaber S. Alqahtani Abdulelah M. Aldhahir Tope Oyelade Saeed M. Alghamdi Ahmad S. Almamary |
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| description | As evidence continues to emerge, our understanding of the relationship between smoking and COVID-19 prognosis is steadily growing. An early outlook from World Health Organisation (WHO) indicates that smokers are more vulnerable to severe COVID-19 disease and are also more likely to be infected, as frequent motions from hand to mouth and sharing of tobacco products such as waterpipes increased the possibility of being infected. In this commentary, we discuss some of the latest evidence on smoking and COVID-19 and emphasise the need to promote the personal and public advantages of smoking cessation during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc23e4a57bc04e20a51934ceea4752532022-12-21T20:28:50ZengNature Portfolionpj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine2055-10102021-05-013111310.1038/s41533-021-00238-8Smoking cessation during COVID-19: the top to-do listJaber S. Alqahtani0Abdulelah M. Aldhahir1Tope Oyelade2Saeed M. Alghamdi3Ahmad S. Almamary4UCL Respiratory, University College LondonUCL Respiratory, University College LondonUCL Institute for Liver and Digestive HealthNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College LondonNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College LondonAs evidence continues to emerge, our understanding of the relationship between smoking and COVID-19 prognosis is steadily growing. An early outlook from World Health Organisation (WHO) indicates that smokers are more vulnerable to severe COVID-19 disease and are also more likely to be infected, as frequent motions from hand to mouth and sharing of tobacco products such as waterpipes increased the possibility of being infected. In this commentary, we discuss some of the latest evidence on smoking and COVID-19 and emphasise the need to promote the personal and public advantages of smoking cessation during the COVID-19 pandemic.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-021-00238-8 |
| spellingShingle | Jaber S. Alqahtani Abdulelah M. Aldhahir Tope Oyelade Saeed M. Alghamdi Ahmad S. Almamary Smoking cessation during COVID-19: the top to-do list npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine |
| title | Smoking cessation during COVID-19: the top to-do list |
| title_full | Smoking cessation during COVID-19: the top to-do list |
| title_fullStr | Smoking cessation during COVID-19: the top to-do list |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smoking cessation during COVID-19: the top to-do list |
| title_short | Smoking cessation during COVID-19: the top to-do list |
| title_sort | smoking cessation during covid 19 the top to do list |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-021-00238-8 |
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