Tobacco Smoking a Potential Risk Factor in Transmission of COVID-19 Infection
Tobacco Smoking a Potential Risk Factor in Transmission of COVID-19 Infection
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DOI：
10.12669/pjms.36.covid19-s4.2739
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发表时间：
2020-05-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Vohra, Fahim
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作者：
Ahmed, Naseer;Maqsood, Afsheen;Vohra, Fahim
冠状病毒病2019(新冠肺炎)是一种全球性大流行，是由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2型(SARS-CoV-2)组病毒引起的。截至2020年4月25日，新冠肺炎已有240多万人感染，来自200多个国家和地区的10多万人死亡。目前还没有针对感染的循证治疗，广泛推荐使用社会距离、隔离和卫生措施来预防传播。烟草吸烟在全球各地的社区非常猖獗，每年有800多万人死于烟草成瘾。由于新冠肺炎通过唾液传播并导致严重的肺部肺炎，吸烟者也因肺功能不佳、交叉感染和易受卫生习惯影响而处于严重感染新冠肺炎的高危状态。吸烟(香烟、电子烟或水烟)会产生呼出的烟雾、咳嗽或打喷嚏、周围环境和污染表面含有SARS-CoV-2的气雾剂。因此，吸烟是主动吸烟者和被动吸烟者传播病毒的一种可能方式。吸烟应被视为疾病传播的危险因素，直到进一步获得证据，并在社区内实施限制其直接和间接影响的措施。
Corona Virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic and is caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) group of viruses. To date, April 25, 2020, more than 2.4 million humans are infected and more than a hundred thousand deaths have been reported from more than 200 countries from COVID-19. There is no evidence-based treatment for the infection and prevention of transmission using social distancing, isolation and hygiene measures is widely recommended. Tobacco smoking is rampant in communities around the globe and the addiction to tobacco results in deaths of more than 8 million individuals each year. As COVID-19 transmits through salivary droplets and causes severe lung pneumonia, tobacco smokers are also at high risk of severe COVID-19 infection due to poor lung function, cross-infection and susceptible hygiene habits. Smoking tobacco (cigarette, e-cigarettes or waterpipe) produces exhaled smoke, coughing or sneezing, aerosols containing SARS-CoV-2 in the surroundings and contaminating surfaces. Therefore, smoking tobacco is a possible mode of transmission for the virus for both active and passive smokers. Smoking should be considered a risk factor for the disease transmission until further availability of evidence and measures to limit its direct and indirect effects should be implemented within the community.