More evidence smokers are at less risk of Covid-19: Scientists discover adults who are hooked on cigarettes are 50% less likely to test positive for the illness
Subject: More evidence smokers are at less risk of Covid-19: Scientists discover adults who are hooked on cigarettes are 50% less likely to test positive for the illness Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:27 pm
Israel researchers looked at 3 million people, of which 4,500 had coronavirus
They found 10 per cent of patients who had tested positive were smokers
But in the general population, 19 per cent had the habit
The researchers reported a seemingly 'genuine' protective effect of smoking
More evidence smokers are at less risk of Covid-19: Scientists discover adults who are hooked on cigarettes are 50% less likely to test positive for the illness