Am I at a higher risk of getting COVID-19 if I am a tobacco smoker?

Evidence from countries and community reporting COVID-19 related fatalities has highlighted that the people are consuming any form of tobacco die due to Covid19 infection .

According to survey Tobacco play important roles in Tobacco is the foremost preventable cause of death and disease in the world today, killing half of the people who use it .

As per Global Adult Tobacco Survey-India (GATS2) India is home to over 30 crore tobacco users and globally it is the second largest producer and consumer of tobacco products.

Tobacco and nicotine use, NCDs & COVID-19

The use of tobacco is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease , many respiratory infections and increases the severity of respiratory diseases.

In case of Covid19 , patients develop pneumonia .
The chemicals in tobacco smoke
suppress the activity of different types of immune cells that are involved in general and targeted immune responses. Due to suppression of immune system response secondary infections are occur and patients become more sick , in last due to severe infection in chest patient unable to breathe , in this patient need ventilator.

Transmission of Covid viruse

Smokers are likely to be more vulnerable to COVID-19 as the act of smoking means that

fingers (and possibly contaminated cigarettes) are in contact with lips which increases the

possibility of transmission of virus from hand to mouth. Doctors have confirmed that smokers

are more likely to develop severe symptoms or die from COVID-19.

Evidence from countries and community reporting COVID-19 related fatalities has highlighted that the people with pre-existing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) Asthma

COPD

Diabetes mellitus

Hypertension

hyperthyroidism

hypothyroidism

Coronary artery disease

all types of malignancy

Are more susceptible to becoming severely ill with COVID-19. Tobacco, being one of the causes behind these NCDs .

existing evidence that tobacco use impacts the lungs and other organs, lowers the immunity and makes people vulnerable to COVID-19 or other Non communicable disease Hypertension , Coronary artery disease, COPD , asthma , cancer.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare warns against the use of any tobacco products.

Benefits of quitting

Within 24 hours of quitting,

the carbon monoxide level in the bloodstream drops to normal.

Within 3-12 weeks,

circulation improves and lung function increases.

After 3-9 months,

coughing and shortness of breath decrease.

Reference link -

1 - https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus#tab=tab_1

2- https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/11-05-2020-who-statement-tobacco-use-and-covid-19#:~:text=Tobacco%20s moking%20is%20a%20known,%2C%20compared%20to%20non%2Dsmokers

3- http://www.nhp.gov.in/quit-tobacco

Am I at a higher risk of getting COVID-19 if I am a tobacco smoker?

Am I at a higher risk of getting COVID-19 if I am a tobacco smoker?

Evidence from countries and community reporting COVID-19 related fatalities has highlighted that the people are consuming any form of tobacco die due to Covid19 infection .

According to survey Tobacco play important roles in Tobacco is the foremost preventable cause of death and disease in the world today, killing half of the people who use it .

As per Global Adult Tobacco Survey-India (GATS2) India is home to over 30 crore tobacco users and globally it is the second largest producer and consumer of tobacco products.

Tobacco and nicotine use, NCDs & COVID-19

The use of tobacco is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease , many respiratory infections and increases the severity of respiratory diseases.

In case of Covid19 , patients develop pneumonia .
The chemicals in tobacco smoke
suppress the activity of different types of immune cells that are involved in general and targeted immune responses. Due to suppression of immune system response secondary infections are occur and patients become more sick , in last due to severe infection in chest patient unable to breathe , in this patient need ventilator.

Transmission of Covid viruse

Smokers are likely to be more vulnerable to COVID-19 as the act of smoking means that

fingers (and possibly contaminated cigarettes) are in contact with lips which increases the

possibility of transmission of virus from hand to mouth. Doctors have confirmed that smokers

are more likely to develop severe symptoms or die from COVID-19.

Evidence from countries and community reporting COVID-19 related fatalities has highlighted that the people with pre-existing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) Asthma

COPD

Diabetes mellitus

Hypertension

hyperthyroidism

hypothyroidism

Coronary artery disease

all types of malignancy

Are more susceptible to becoming severely ill with COVID-19. Tobacco, being one of the causes behind these NCDs .

existing evidence that tobacco use impacts the lungs and other organs, lowers the immunity and makes people vulnerable to COVID-19 or other Non communicable disease Hypertension , Coronary artery disease, COPD , asthma , cancer.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare warns against the use of any tobacco products.

Benefits of quitting

Within 24 hours of quitting,

the carbon monoxide level in the bloodstream drops to normal.

Within 3-12 weeks,

circulation improves and lung function increases.

After 3-9 months,

coughing and shortness of breath decrease.

Reference link -

1 - https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus#tab=tab_1

2- https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/11-05-2020-who-statement-tobacco-use-and-covid-19#:~:text=Tobacco%20s moking%20is%20a%20known,%2C%20compared%20to%20non%2Dsmokers

3- http://www.nhp.gov.in/quit-tobacco

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