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Smokers At 50% Higher Risk Of COVID-Caused Death, Disease: WHO
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on May 29 said that smokers are 50% highly prone to contracting severe disease or death by COVID-19. He suggested, "Quitting is the best thing they [smokers] can do to lower their risk from coronavirus". Under the 'Commit to quit tobacco' campaign, WHO aims to create tobacco-free environments. The campaign assists people with its quitting toolkits, which the global body provides free-of-cost.… read-more
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Govt Rejects Claims Of Vegetarians, Smokers Being Less Vulnerable To COVID
The PIB Fact Check Twitter account, in its clarification statement on April 26, has rejected those claims that opined that vegetarians and smokers are less prone to COVID-19 infection. "Presently NO conclusion can be drawn based on the serological studies that vegetarian diet & smoking may protect from COVID-19," it stated. Earlier, media reports were making rounds that the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research has supported the… read-more
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