Tobacco Use Increases Chances Of COVID-19 Infection, Warns India’s Health Ministry
New Delhi: In a warning to the smokers, the Union Health Ministry has said the use of tobacco products can increase severity of respiratory infections and make people susceptible to coronavirus.
In its document ‘COVID-19 Pandemic and Tobacco Use in India’, the ministry quoted the experts to say that smokers are more likely to develop severe symptoms or die of COVID-19 as it primarily attacks the lungs.
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