Smokers are at the higher risk of dying from the coronavirus infection: Says study
| May 12, 2020, 12:45 IST
Smoking is one of those harmful lifestyle habits that can create fatal health complications. Added to this, a new study finds a link between smoking and COVID-10. According to the study paper published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, people with a medical history of COPD are more likely to develop COVID-19 and are at the higher risk of dying from the nobel coronavirus.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD is a kind of lung disease that smokers can develop over time. This progressive disease is characterised by long-term breathing problems among smokers due to the “exposure to noxious gases and particulates over a long period,” and there are millions of COPD cases that surface every year. Smoking is one of the prime causes of this lung disease.
The study included examining COVID-19 patients, both smokers, and non-smokers to analyse their complications. The result showed that COVID-10 patients with a medical history of COPD had a 63 percent risk of fatality from COVID-19 whereas patients without COPD developed severe illness only 33 percent of the total time.
“Tabacco smoking is a known risk factor for many respiratory infections and increases the severity of respiratory diseases,” said The World Health Organisation in a recent statement.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD is a kind of lung disease that smokers can develop over time. This progressive disease is characterised by long-term breathing problems among smokers due to the “exposure to noxious gases and particulates over a long period,” and there are millions of COPD cases that surface every year. Smoking is one of the prime causes of this lung disease.
The study included examining COVID-19 patients, both smokers, and non-smokers to analyse their complications. The result showed that COVID-10 patients with a medical history of COPD had a 63 percent risk of fatality from COVID-19 whereas patients without COPD developed severe illness only 33 percent of the total time.
“Tabacco smoking is a known risk factor for many respiratory infections and increases the severity of respiratory diseases,” said The World Health Organisation in a recent statement.