Smoking Cessation as a Public Health Measure to Limit the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has already evolved into a rapidly expanding pandemic. Risk factors for COVID-19, such as cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes, are all strongly associated with smoking habits. The effects of cigarette smoking on the...

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Autores principales:	Maki Komiyama, Koji Hasegawa
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Radcliffe Medical Media 2020
Materias:	Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system RC666-701
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/6f70d72a45644303bb29c3383ba3628f
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6f70d72a45644303bb29c3383ba3628f2021-12-04T16:02:40ZSmoking Cessation as a Public Health Measure to Limit the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic10.15420/ecr.2020.111758-37641758-3756https://doaj.org/article/6f70d72a45644303bb29c3383ba3628f2020-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ecrjournal.com/articleindex/ecr.2020.11https://doaj.org/toc/1758-3756https://doaj.org/toc/1758-3764The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has already evolved into a rapidly expanding pandemic. Risk factors for COVID-19, such as cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes, are all strongly associated with smoking habits. The effects of cigarette smoking on the transmission of the virus and worsening of COVID-19 have been less addressed. Emerging data indicate that smoking history is the major determinant of worsening COVID-19 outcomes. Smoking cessation recovers airway ciliary clearance and immune function. Thus, smoking cessation awareness is strongly encouraged as a public health measure to limit the global impact of COVID-19.Maki KomiyamaKoji HasegawaRadcliffe Medical MediaarticleDiseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) systemRC666-701ENEuropean Cardiology Review , Vol 15, Iss , Pp - (2020)
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description	The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has already evolved into a rapidly expanding pandemic. Risk factors for COVID-19, such as cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes, are all strongly associated with smoking habits. The effects of cigarette smoking on the transmission of the virus and worsening of COVID-19 have been less addressed. Emerging data indicate that smoking history is the major determinant of worsening COVID-19 outcomes. Smoking cessation recovers airway ciliary clearance and immune function. Thus, smoking cessation awareness is strongly encouraged as a public health measure to limit the global impact of COVID-19.
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title_short	Smoking Cessation as a Public Health Measure to Limit the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
title_full	Smoking Cessation as a Public Health Measure to Limit the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
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Smoking Cessation as a Public Health Measure to Limit the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

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