The association between tobacco smoking, second-hand smoke and novel products, and COVID-19 severity and mortality in Italy. Results from the COSMO-IT study.

Silvano GallusCristina BosettiGiuseppe GoriniChiara StivalRoberto BoffiAlessandra LugoGiulia CarrerasChiara VeroneseClaudia SantucciRoberta PacificiBiagio TinghinoVincenzo ZagàPatrizia RussoMaria Sofia Cattaruzzanull null

Published in: Journal of epidemiology (2023)

This multicentric study from Italy shows a dismal COVID-19 progression in current smokers and, for the first time, in SHS exposed non-smokers. These data represent an additional reason to strengthen and enforce effective tobacco control measures and to support smokers in quitting.

Keyphrases

smoking cessation
coronavirus disease
sars cov
cardiovascular events
type diabetes
risk factors
cardiovascular disease
machine learning
coronary artery disease
respiratory syndrome coronavirus