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Researchers tie smoking to higher COVID-19 mortality in lower-middle-income countries

December 4, 2020

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Tobacco smoking negatively impacts overall health. Apart from being linked to respiratory diseases, such as lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), it can contribute to the development of potentially fatal diseases, such as hypertension, heart disease, and stroke.

Over the past year, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc globally, infecting over 65.23 million cases. Since COVID-19 is a respiratory illness, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pathogen, many studies have tackled the effects of tobacco or cigarette smoking on COVID-19 patients.

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