"Our cross sectional study in both COVID-19 out- and inpatients strongly suggests that daily smokers have a very much lower probability of developing symptomatic or severe SARS-CoV-2 infection as compared to the general population"
Unvetted @qeios preprint https://www.qeios.com/read/article/574

This is what French media reports on. After they are done duly peddling chloroquine of course. https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2020/04/22/coronavirus-une-proportion-reduite-de-fumeurs-parmi-les-malades_6037365_3244.html https://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/et-si-la-nicotine-protegeait-du-covid-19-20200422