World No Tobacco Day, which is observed on May 31 every year, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said that smokers have up to a 50 percent higher risk of developing severe disease and death from COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to experts, smoking impairs lung function, then reduces immunity, and makes it harder for the body to fight off various diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Health experts on Sunday warned that smoking tobacco can put you at high risk of COVID-19 by affecting your body\u2019s immunity. So, if you are a smoker then it\u2019s high time to crush and throw it away forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to experts, smoking impairs lung function, then reduces immunity, and makes it harder for the body to fight off various diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, tobacco use is a major risk factor for the four main Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) \u2014 cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung disease, and diabetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSmoking doesn\u2019t increase your chances of being infected by COVID-19 since the smokers are at an equal risk of contracting the infection as a non-smoking individual. However, long-term smokers suffer often from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) a condition that causes irreversible damage to the lungs. In such patients, COVID-19 may cause severe complications and minimize the chances of complete recovery due to the existing lung damage. International studies have shown that the Case Fatality Ratio (CFR) of COVID-19 almost triples in patients with COPD as compared to healthy individuals,\u201d said Dr. Sudeep Sarkar, Senior Consultant, Oncosurgery (Head and Neck), Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Pritam Jain, Consultant Oncologist, Wockhardt Hospitals Mumbai Central explained:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Smoking increases the risk of transmission and severity of covid 19<\/p>\n\n\n\n Smoking (cigarettes, waterpipes, bidis, cigars, heated tobacco products) causes the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: https:\/\/www.healthwire.co\/world-no-tobacco-day-2021-can-smoking-increase-your-risk-of-contracting-covid-19-heres-what-experts-say\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" World No Tobacco Day, which is observed on May 31 every year, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said that smokers have up to a 50 percent higher risk of developing severe disease and death from COVID-19. According to experts, smoking impairs lung function, then reduces immunity, and makes it harder for the body to fight <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pandemic"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n