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World Health Organization. (2020) Smoking and COVID-19 a scientific brief. Geneva: World Health Organization.

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This review therefore assesses the available peer-reviewed literature on the association between smoking and COVID-19, including 1) risk of infection by SARS-CoV-2; 2) hospitalization with COVID-19; and 3) severity of COVID-19 outcomes amongst hospitalized patients such as admission into intensive care units (ICU), use of ventilators and death.

Item Type
Report
Publication Type
International, Report
Drug Type
Tobacco / Nicotine
Intervention Type
Harm reduction
Date
30 June 2020
Pages
4 p.
Publisher
World Health Organization
Corporate Creators
World Health Organization
Place of Publication
Geneva
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Subjects
B Substances > Tobacco (cigarette smoking)
G Health and disease > Disease by cause (Aetiology) > Communicable / infectious disease > Viral disease / infection > Coronavirus (COVID-19)
VA Geographic area > International

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