Online ISSN: 2515-8260

A Cross-sectional study on effect of Covid 19 infection among smokers in Chamarajanagar district.

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Girish B1*, Jithin Surendran2 , Prithvick BG2 , Damayanthi MN3 , Syed Tousif Ahmed

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Background: Tobacco is one of the deadliest public health threats to humankind, killing more than eight million people a year globally. Combined with COVID-19, smoking is even more lethal, in which smoked tobacco damage the lungs tissue and reduces its function drastically. So, comparing to a non-smoker the smoker has more chance of developing severe COVID-19 infection and related complications

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