Death & Disease
COVID-19 and tobacco: What you need to know now
Published Feb 23, 2022
There is some critical information about how smoking and vaping can increase a person’s risk for a severe COVID-19 illness should they become infected. Below you will find current information about these risks.
We all need healthy lungs now more than ever. When you’re exposed to secondhand smoke, it harms your lungs.8 Damaged lungs can lead to more severe symptoms of COVID-19.1011 Click here for more resources and information about the dangers of secondhand smoke and vape exposure.
More articles on COVID-19:
- Protect yourself from COVID-19: Stop smoking and vaping now by Elisa Tong, MD, MS Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis.
- Hookah and COVID-19: How hookah puts you at risk by Wael Al-Delaimy MD Ph.D. Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego.
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