Coronavirus affects smokers more as lung issues raise risk of 'worst outcomes'
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dailystar.co.ukSmokers are more likely to be killed by the deadly coronavirus , a top medic has warned. Studies have shown that pre-existing lung problems are linked to a higher mortality rate – with adults more at risk than kids.
Professor Raina MacIntyre, the head of Biosecurity at the University of New South Wales's Kirby Institute, said: “People who had exacerbations of lung disease during the bushfires and are still not recovered from that may be worse affected. “Those who did not have lung disease and are recovered from smoke effects should not be at greater risk, but we have no research or data to be certain of this.” Australian National University Associate Professor of Medicine Sanjaya Senanayake said smoking cigarettes also make the issue
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