French study suggests smokers at lower risk of getting coronavirus
by Kim Willsher in Paris from Science | The Guardian on (#52GEG)
Researchers - who stress serious health risks of smoking - plan to test nicotine patches on patients and health workers
French researchers are planning to test nicotine patches on coronavirus patients and frontline health workers after a study suggested smokers may be much less at risk of contracting the virus.
The study at a major Paris hospital suggests a substance in tobacco - possibly nicotine - may be stopping patients who smoke from catching Covid-19. Clinical trials of nicotine patches are awaiting the approval of the country's health authorities.
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