Smokers at greater risk of severe respiratory disease from COVID-19
Written by admin on Friday 17th April 2020
Emerging evidence from China shows smokers with COVID-19 are 14 times more likely to develop severe respiratory disease
Please share this with your Healthy Living Champions and continue to encourage people to quit smoking
There has never been a more important time to stop smoking. Not only for your own health but to protect those around you. It will also help alleviate the huge pressures on the NHS.
Smoking tobacco is known to damage the lungs and airways causing a range of severe respiratory problems. The evidence clearly shows COVID-19 virus attacks the respiratory system, which explains why smokers are at greater risk.
In addition, the repetitive hand to mouth movement provides an easy route of entry for the virus, putting smokers at greater risk of contracting COVID-19.