MORE evidence smoking may cut the risk of coronavirus: Review of 28 studies shows number of smokers among hospitalised patients is 'lower than expected' as expert admits the mounting findings are 'weird'

University College London reviewed 28 studies from China, US, France, South Korea and the UK
It found smokers were less common than expected among COVID-19 patients
Researchers said there data on smoking is not to a high standard and has holes
But it's not the first time the unexpected link has been spotted by scientists
One expert said 'something weird is going on with smoking and coronavirus'
Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19
A review of scientific studies has added more evidence to the claim that people who smoke might have a lower risk of becoming seriously ill with COVID-19.


University College London academics looked at 28 papers and found the proportions of smokers among hospital patients were 'lower than expected'.

One public health professor said there was 'something weird going on with smoking and coronavirus' and experts are struggling to explain the connection.

One of the studies showed that in the UK the proportion of smokers among COVID-19 patients was just five per cent, a third of the national rate of 14.4 percent

Another found in France the rate was four times lower. In China, a study noted 3.8 per cent of patients were smokers - despite more than half of the population regularly smoking cigarettes.

When smokers do get diagnosed with the virus, however, they appear to be more likely to get so sick that they need ventilation, two studies in the review showed.

Researchers admit that hospitals are probably not recording patients' smoking status properly, potentially because they are too busy, patients are too sick to answer, or because people lie in their answers.

But they are struggling to knock down mounting evidence suggesting an apparent protective effect given by cigarettes, which one expert today admitted was 'weird'.

A review of five early studies on the topic last month made the exact same conclusions - that smokers may avoid serious infection, but their outlook is worse if they do.

University of College London reviewed 28 studies and found smoking rates were lower than expected among COVID-19 patients. The graph shows the smoking rate of each country against the percentage of smokers among COVID-19 patients. The lowest figure has been chosen for each country to show the stark comparison discovered by some studies +17
University of College London reviewed 28 studies and found smoking rates were lower than expected among COVID-19 patients. The graph shows the smoking rate of each country against the percentage of smokers among COVID-19 patients. The lowest figure has been chosen for each country to show the stark comparison discovered by some studies
The team are not the first to suggest smokers may be protected by their habit, after a slew of studies have spotted the unexpected link.

Two of the authors on the recent UCL review received research grants from smoking cessation lobbies.

Their paper was titled 'The association of smoking status with SARS-CoV-2 infection, hospitalisation and mortality from COVID-19: A living rapid evidence review' and was published on the study-sharing website Qeios.

David Simons and colleagues looked at 28 studies involving more than 23,000 people.

Twenty-two of the studies were conducted in China, three in the US, one in South Korea, one in France and one was an international study using mostly UK

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8264635/More-proof-smokers-risk-catching-coronavirus-expert-admits-weird.html

check my dp

Una one use style promote igbo smoking

Hmm
For some people's mind now at least they will be praise for once

Today smoking
Yesterday ingesting bleach
Before that hydroxychloroquine
Also nicotine
Then masturbation

What's next?

I don't believe it