Smoking Nearly Doubles the Rate of COVID-19 Progression

Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - 08:40 in Health & Medicine

Smoking significantly worsens COVID-19, according to a new analysis by UC San Francisco of the association between smoking and progression of the infectious disease. In a meta-analysis of studies that included 11,590 COVID patients, researchers found that among people with the virus, the risk of disease progression in those who currently smoke or previously smoked […]

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