Vaping Increases Youths’ Risk of COVID-19

Recent research shows nicotine increases ACE2 expression in bronchial epithelial cells.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• A June 2020 study reported that national smoking rates inversely correlated with COVID-19 mortality. In countries with hot weather, each percentage point increase in smoking rate was associated with a 0.147 per 100,000 population decrease in mortality

• A systematic review and meta-analysis of 22 studies, however, found smoking modestly in…