Smoking cessation during COVID-19: the top to-do list

As evidence continues to emerge, our understanding of the relationship between smoking and COVID-19 prognosis is steadily growing. An early outlook from World Health Organisation (WHO) indicates that smokers are more vulnerable to severe COVID-19 disease and are also more likely to be infected, as f...

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Autores principales: Jaber S. Alqahtani, Abdulelah M. Aldhahir, Tope Oyelade, Saeed M. Alghamdi, Ahmad S. Almamary
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:dc23e4a57bc04e20a51934ceea4752532021-12-02T14:29:08ZSmoking cessation during COVID-19: the top to-do list10.1038/s41533-021-00238-82055-1010https://doaj.org/article/dc23e4a57bc04e20a51934ceea4752532021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-021-00238-8https://doaj.org/toc/2055-1010As evidence continues to emerge, our understanding of the relationship between smoking and COVID-19 prognosis is steadily growing. An early outlook from World Health Organisation (WHO) indicates that smokers are more vulnerable to severe COVID-19 disease and are also more likely to be infected, as frequent motions from hand to mouth and sharing of tobacco products such as waterpipes increased the possibility of being infected. In this commentary, we discuss some of the latest evidence on smoking and COVID-19 and emphasise the need to promote the personal and public advantages of smoking cessation during the COVID-19 pandemic.Jaber S. AlqahtaniAbdulelah M. AldhahirTope OyeladeSaeed M. AlghamdiAhmad S. AlmamaryNature PortfolioarticleDiseases of the respiratory systemRC705-779ENnpj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Vol 31, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2021)
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Jaber S. Alqahtani
Abdulelah M. Aldhahir
Tope Oyelade
Saeed M. Alghamdi
Ahmad S. Almamary
Smoking cessation during COVID-19: the top to-do list
description As evidence continues to emerge, our understanding of the relationship between smoking and COVID-19 prognosis is steadily growing. An early outlook from World Health Organisation (WHO) indicates that smokers are more vulnerable to severe COVID-19 disease and are also more likely to be infected, as frequent motions from hand to mouth and sharing of tobacco products such as waterpipes increased the possibility of being infected. In this commentary, we discuss some of the latest evidence on smoking and COVID-19 and emphasise the need to promote the personal and public advantages of smoking cessation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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author Jaber S. Alqahtani
Abdulelah M. Aldhahir
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Saeed M. Alghamdi
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title Smoking cessation during COVID-19: the top to-do list
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title_full Smoking cessation during COVID-19: the top to-do list
title_fullStr Smoking cessation during COVID-19: the top to-do list
title_full_unstemmed Smoking cessation during COVID-19: the top to-do list
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