Revisiting the Paradox of Smoking: Radioactivity in Tobacco Smoke or Suppressing the SARS-CoV-2 Receptor, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, via Aryl-Hydrocarbon Receptor Signal?

• Main Authors: Seyed Alireza Mortazavi (Author), Joseph J Bevelacqua (Author), Payman Rafiepour (Author), AbdolKarim Ghadimi-Moghadam (Author), Pouya Saraei (Author), Najmeh Jooyan (Author), Seyedeh Hanieh Mortazavi (Author), Seyed Mohammad Javad Mortazavi (Author), James S Welsh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite current controversies, some reports show a paradoxical mitigating effect associated with smoking in individuals with symptomatic COVID-19 compared to the general population. To explain the potential mechanisms behind the lower number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, it has been hypothesize...