Smokers and vapers are more likely to have a severe case of COVID-19 or die of the disease, a new study finds.
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"Like everybody else, we were very worried about COVID and trying to understand what are the important risk factors that predispose people for more severe outcomes," first author Dr. Aruni Bhatangar, a professor of medicine, biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Louisville, told ABC News. "And we were concerned about if tobacco use may be affecting COVID severity, as well as outcomes.
Researchers -- from the AHA Tobacco Regulation Center and the University of Louisville, in Kentucky -- found smoking or vaping were linked to more COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations regardless of the patients' age, sex, race/ethnicity or medical history. Additionally, white smokers had a higher risk of COVID death than Black and Hispanic patients, groups that have been disproportionately affected by the virus and its complications. However, Hispanic patients were more likely to be put on a ventilator.
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