Smokers who get Covid are 80 per cent more likely to be admitted to hospital than those who don’t touch cigarettes, a study claimed today.
The research, by Oxford University, paints a clearer picture on the confused topic of smoking and coronavirus.
At the start of the pandemic, scientists were baffled by data which showed smokers were less likely to be hospitalised with the virus. Some analyses even suggested they faced a smaller risk of getting infected in the first place.
