Smoking and COVID-19: Scientific Brief | NLM

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Smoking and COVID-19: Scientific Brief

05/26/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 5/26/2020. This four-page review assesses the available peer-reviewed literature on the association between smoking and COVID-19, including risk of infection by SARS-CoV-2; hospitalization with COVID-19; and severity of COVID-19 outcomes among hospitalized patients, such as admission into intensive care units (ICUs), use of ventilators, and death. (PDF)