Tobacco smoking and COVID-19 infection

Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Jul;8(7):664-665. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30239-3. Epub 2020 May 25.

Authors

Richard N van Zyl-Smit¹, Guy Richards², Frank T Leone³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town 7925, South Africa. Electronic address: richard.vanzyl-smit@uct.ac.za.
² Critical Care, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
³ Comprehensive Smoking Treatment Program, University of Pennsylvania, Penn Lung Center, PA, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Developing Countries
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Risk
SARS-CoV-2
Tobacco Smoking*
Tobacco Use Disorder / complications*