#Smokers

1/5 I had hoped @PHE_uk would look at the evidence on smoking, vaping and COVID-19 in the round, take expert advice, and update advice on a rolling basis. But what

Studies show consistently that #tobacco smokers are much less likely to be victims of #COVID19 hospitalization:9.6% smokers hospitalized vs. 31.2% expected (

Does smoking & vaping protect against coronavirus? Very likely. Three studies of confirmed cases showed that ~90 pct of patients were never-smokers, while only ~10 pct were smokers & ex-smokers:

DrSarahEJackson

Our new paper in @TC_BMJ examines associations between smoking and COVID-19 relevant outcomes, taking into account the influence of inequalities and adjusting for potential confounding variables.https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/

“Smokers may be prone to severe COVID-19 infections, in part, because their lungs contain an abundance of entry points that the virus can exploit.” “COVID-19 infections begin at the ACE-2

this, but also pls don't shame people who do smoke them. shame is seriously counter productive when it comes to dealing w addictionhttps://twitter.com/mattjbernstein/status/1289576041619566592 i see so many ppl in these

Keletso Makofane, MPH and 1000 others

so - I once spent 1 billion hours copy-pasting little circles in powerpoint in an effort to explain *marginal structural models*. here is an unsolicited #tweetorial. If you understand regression

Sir Sexcalibur Hates Bat Soup 🗡😷

Smokers are less likely to contract the Coronavirus, eh? Apparently, nicotine may lessen the overreaction of the body’s immune system found in severe cases. Of the 11,000 patients admitted to

Ok let’s talk Nicotine and #Covid19.Serious French study showing smokers’ proportion is lower among sick people than it statistically should, and tobacco might keep people from falling sick?True.Don’t stop here

Dental unpopular facts. [A thread]: 1. Brushing your teeth without flossing leaves 40% of bacteria uncleaned in your mouth. 2. Salt water can be used alternatively to mouth wash. 3.

The main reasons I'm hearing from the right, e.g. @RepTrey, to support reopening the economy ASAP are that recessions are bad (no shit) and that #COVID2019 is only dangerous to

Christopher Snowdon

1/ New study looking at risk factors for hospitalisation and critical illness from COVID-19. Thread.https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.08.20057794v1 2/ Age is by far the biggest risk factor for hospitalisation. Morbid obesity increases t

Only 1.3% of U.S. COVID-19 cases are current smokers. Only 2.3% are former smokers. Possible explanation? Nicotine lowers ACE2 expression. (SARS-CoV-2 uses ACE2 for entry into target cells.)https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6295500/ One major

Jane Appleyard Allen

I worry that emphasizing this finding now will further stigmatize smokers and vapers, and increase their anxiety (and the anxiety of those who love them) pointlessly during what is already

Charles A. Gardner, PhD

ChaunceyGardner

#VapeFam Twitter polls are not scientific. They rely on self-reporting, and may suffer from bias if those who respond happen to be those who have had positive experiences.The lived-experience revealed

I realize it would have taken three or four minutes for an intern to look up, but in Utah just over 3/4 of people who died from coronavirus had a