Smoking tobacco products can increase the risk of complications from COVID-19. The situation with vaping is similar, but in some respects, e-cigarette smoking is now even more dangerous than regular cigarettes. About it writes Huffpost.
There are at least two strong arguments against vaping. First - weakening of our own immune system, which is the body's main line of defense in the fight against respiratory diseases such as COVID-19.
When you smoke a vape, the immune system tries to cope with the damage that the inhaled mixture causes to the lungs, according to Alexa Mises, assistant professor of family medicine at the University of North Carolina. This makes it much more difficult for the body to fight the coronavirus and any other pathogen.
it confirms and Albert Rizzo, M.D., who also noted that to give up smoking and vaping will help prepare your body to fight COVID-19 and reduce the likelihood of your most serious symptoms.
Second an important argument not in favor of vaping - the exhaled vapor may contain pathogens of the virus if the person is already infected. Moreover, this vapor is retained in the air much longer than the same droplets released during
sneezing, coughing or talking.According to Robert Jekler, head of the department of otolaryngology at Stanford, when you smoke a vape in a small room, your lung secretions can hang in the air for minutes or even hours after evaporation. Accordingly, being around can be very dangerous.
Even if a smoker not infected, the very process of smoking a vape is associated with the constant touch of the vaporizer to the face, and this is also a risk. After all, the causative agents of coronavirus infection can remain on the hands and the device itself, and as soon as you touch your face, the SARS-CoV-2 virus can enter the respiratory tract.
All these are more than good reasons to quit smoking at least for the duration of the pandemic. Remember that there is always a risk of infection and complications. regardless of age, especially if, in addition to a bad habit, you have chronic diseases.
If you cannot part with the vape, make it a rule to constantly disinfect the vaporizer and more often wash your hands, including before and after each smoking.
Update April 20th: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has backtracked from its previous tough stance on vaping and coronavirus. Officials from the department said there is no known evidence that vaping increases the risk of developing complications associated with COVID-19. About it writes Vice.
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