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Since the lungs are the main target of the virus, there has long been talk of a correlation between Covid and smoking. Some small studies have hypothesized that nicotine plays a protective role in the development of a symptomatic infection but the only certain thing is that, if you get sick, you are at greater risk than non-smokers. This is because smoking causes chronic damage to the bronchial mucosa and therefore greater vulnerability to all infections and related symptoms.
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