Fewer than one in seven people in Britain are now smokers as rate plummets down from half of adults in the 1970s, says study 6.9 million people in the UK, 14.1 per cent of over 18s smoked a cigarette last year Fifty years ago around half the population were reckoned to be smokers ONS found … Read more
Smokers are less likely to be diagnosed with Covid-19 compared to those who have never touched a cigarette, another study has claimed. An array of research carried out since the pandemic began has shown smokers are at lower risk of getting the coronavirus. Now researchers in Mexico have added more weight to the evidence, which … Read more
Smokers are less likely to test positive for the coronavirus, according to research that offers yet more evidence that the habit may be protective. Since the crisis spiralled out of control, researchers have seen unusually low rates of smokers with Covid-19 in hospitals – suggesting they rarely get severely ill. Now, for what is believed … Read more
Researchers have uncovered more evidence that smokers could be protected from the deadly coronavirus. Fewer than five per cent of 441 COVID-19 patients who needed to be admitted to an Italian hospital were smokers. The scientists described it as a ‘very low’ number, given that a quarter of the general population are known to be … Read more
Current smokers and those with a type of lung disease are at an increased risk of suffering severe complications and dying from coronavirus, new research suggests. Over the past several months, numerous controversial studies have claimed that cigarettes may be protective, potentially due to nicotine. But researchers from University College London in the UK found … Read more
A review of scientific studies has added more evidence to the claim that people who smoke might have a lower risk of becoming seriously ill with COVID-19. University College London academics looked at 28 papers and found the proportions of smokers among hospital patients were ‘lower than expected’. One public health professor said there was … Read more
Smokers face a greater risk of coronavirus and put their loved ones at risk, according to a stark warning from Public Health England. Health chiefs said there has ‘never been a more important time’ to quit the habit than now because of the ever-worsening outbreak in Britain. PHE also claimed family, including children, will also … Read more