Association Between Smoking and SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Cross-sectional Study of the EPICOVID19 Internet-Based Survey

• Main Authors: Prinelli, Federica (Author), Bianchi, Fabrizio (Author), Drago, Gaspare (Author), Ruggieri, Silvia (Author), Sojic, Aleksandra (Author), Jesuthasan, Nithiya (Author), Molinaro, Sabrina (Author), Bastiani, Luca (Author), Maggi, Stefania (Author), Noale, Marianna (Author), Galli, Massimo (Author), Giacomelli, Andrea (Author), Antonelli Incalzi, Raffaele (Author), Adorni, Fulvio (Author), Cibella, Fabio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundSeveral studies have reported a low prevalence of current smoking among hospitalized COVID-19 cases; however, no definitive conclusions can be drawn. ObjectiveWe investigated the association of tobacco smoke exposure with nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) test results for SARS-CoV-2 infection and...