[GoodLife]

A French study found that only 4.4% of patients hospitalized with coronavirus were regular smokers and 5.3% of homebound patients were smokers.

25% of France are smokers.

A Chinese study found that 6.5% of coronavirus patients were smokers, compared with 26.6% of the population.

A CDC study found just 1.3% of hospitalized patients were smokers, compared to 14% of the population.

French researchers plan to give nicotine patches to coronavirus patients and frontline workers | Daily Mail Online

[GoodLife]

One of the studies done on this.

Smoking, vaping and hospitalization for COVID-19 - Article (Preprint v13) | Qeios

[tophcfa]

Could it be that the residue in ones lungs from smoking cigarettes is so nasty that even a virus doesn’t want to go near it?

[GoodLife]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Could it be that the residue in ones lungs from smoking cigarettes is so nasty that even a virus doesn’t want to go near it?

Something like that.

Renowned French neurobiologist Jean-Pierre Changeux, who reviewed the study, told The Guardian that nicotine may be hindering the virus from entering the body’s cells and preventing its spread.

In France, figures from Paris hospitals showed that of 11,000 patients admitted to the hospital with coronavirus, 8.5 percent were smokers. The total number of smokers in France is estimated to be 25.4 percent.

“Our cross-sectional study strongly suggests that those who smoke every day are much less likely to develop a symptomatic or severe infection with Sars-CoV-2 compared with the general population,” the Pitié-Salpêtrière report authors wrote.

“The effect is significant. It divides the risk by five for ambulatory patients and by four for those admitted to hospital. We rarely see this in medicine,” it added.

[karostay]

The French...I trust them as much as I trust China

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by karostay

The French...I trust them as much as I trust China

Haven't they surrendered already???

[Chi-Town]

The City Fire smokers must be relieved.

[GoodLife]

Originally Posted by karostay

The French...I trust them as much as I trust China

These are Doctors reporting this, not governments.

[Veiragirl]

My suggestion is to smoke pot. At least you get a buzz. There a lot of old hippies, among a lot of others who do. Okay bible thumpers, I'm ready for your comments

[GoodLife]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

The City Fire smokers must be relieved.

I'm not a smoker, and I've ready many reports that smokers are a high risk group for coronavirus. Perhaps if they catch it, their lungs can fail faster.

But these numbers from France, USA, China are hard to dismiss.

[TexaninVA]

Originally Posted by Veiragirl

My suggestion is to smoke pot. At least you get a buzz. There a lot of old hippies, among a lot of others who do. Okay bible thumpers, I'm ready for your comments

You may wish to read this book ... then again maybe not since your mind is already made up

https://www.amazon.com/Tell-Your-Chi...ps%2C-1&sr=8-2

[karostay]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Haven't they surrendered already???

To every Country in Europe