COVID-19 and vaping: risk for increased susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection?

Eur Respir J. 2020 Jul 16;56(1):2001645. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01645-2020. Print 2020 Jul.

Authors

Kielan Darcy McAlinden¹, Mathew Suji Eapen¹, Wenying Lu¹, Collin Chia^{1

2}, Greg Haug^{1

2}, Sukhwinder Singh Sohal¹

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Translational Research Group, Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Health Sciences, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia.
² Department of Respiratory Medicine, Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, Australia.

Abstract

Absolute cessation of any tobacco product in any form: implications for COVID-19 https://bit.ly/3cyk9ra

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive*
SARS-CoV-2
Smokers
Vaping*