Coronavirus

Study shows correlation between smoking and COVID-19 deaths

By April Hettinger, CNN

Published September 29, 2021 7:18 AM

(KYMA, KECY) - If you're a smoker, getting infected with COVID-19 could result in devastating consequences.

A new study in the British Medical Journal, Thorax, studied more than 400,000 people who battled the virus.

It found people who currently smoke and get covid are 80% more likely to be hospitalized.

They're also at a much higher risk of dying from the virus.

Researchers did say current smokers are not at higher risk of facing a confirmed COVID infection.

Experts who conducted the study say they wanted to push back against early pandemic theories that smokers face a less severe infection after catching the virus.

They say both wreak terrible tolls on human lives.

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April Hettinger

April was born and raised in San Diego where she loved the beach town and her two dogs, Lexi and Malibu. She decided to trade the beach for the snow and advanced her education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

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