Smoking increases the risk of contracting COVID-19, warn doctors
The Hindu
‘Kick the butt for good to improve health’
Smoking increases the risk of contracting the pandemic, says Dr. Murali Krishna Voonna, chief surgical oncologist and MD of Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Visakhapatnam. Tobacco chewing increases the urge to spit by eight times and COVID-19 being an airborne disease, the chances of its spread through spitting in public places is very high. The COVID-19 can cause severe infection in smokers with bad lungs and low pulmonary immunity and can cause high mortality, he said.More Related News