“It is quite clear that smoking and vaping are bad for the lungs, and the predominant symptoms of COVID are respiratory. But while several studies have found that smoking can more than double a person’s risk of severe COVID-19 symptoms, the data on the relationship between vaping and COVID-19 are only beginning to emerge. Much of what underlies the relationship between smoking, vaping and the coronavirus remains unclear. While in the hospital for vaping-related lung illness that collapsed a lung, Moein was told he had a five percent chance of survival. The pandemic, he said, is another reminder that the risks of vaping simply aren’t worth it: “There’s no way in hell that vaping helps COVID-19.”© 2020 New York Times News Service

Source: bd News24 September 05, 2020 09:22 UTC