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…
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