Saw a tweet today from @FarsalinosK (apparently a cardiologist from his profile):
Report of COVID-19 cases in USA. 7074 patients with completed information. Only 96 (1.3%) were current smokers, and only 165 (2.3%) were former smokers. Current and former smoking prevalence in the US is 13.8% and 22% respectively (2018). More data needed
Preliminary Estimates of the Prevalence of Selected Underlying... - https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6913e2.htm
Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults in the United States - https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/adult_data/cig_smoking/index.htm
Link to tweet (for those who have Twitter):
I'm definitely not an expert in any of this but the numbers at the CDC pages check out. It does seem odd that only 1.3% of the 7074 patients were current smokers. Is there a perhaps a protective effect from nicotine? The ignominy if the CDC had to issue advice on using nicotine to combat COVID-19!
Report of COVID-19 cases in USA. 7074 patients with completed information. Only 96 (1.3%) were current smokers, and only 165 (2.3%) were former smokers. Current and former smoking prevalence in the US is 13.8% and 22% respectively (2018). More data needed
Preliminary Estimates of the Prevalence of Selected Underlying... - https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6913e2.htm
Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults in the United States - https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/adult_data/cig_smoking/index.htm
Link to tweet (for those who have Twitter):
I'm definitely not an expert in any of this but the numbers at the CDC pages check out. It does seem odd that only 1.3% of the 7074 patients were current smokers. Is there a perhaps a protective effect from nicotine? The ignominy if the CDC had to issue advice on using nicotine to combat COVID-19!