COVID-19 Smoking and Vaping| 3 thing you ought to know
What do you need to know about SMOKING, VAPING , and COVID-19? If you’re washing your hands thoroughly, staying home and maintaining social distancing, you may be wondering if there is anything else you can do to protect yourself from COVID-19. According to American Lung Association’s Chief Medical Officer Albert Rizzo, M.D., an important step to immediately improve your health and possibly avoid the most serious symptoms of this scary disease is to consider quitting smoking and vaping. In fact, the CDC has identified smokers as a group of people at higher risk for severe illness if they contract the disease. “COVID-19 is a lung infection that aggressively attacks the lungs and even leaves lung cells and tissue dead,” Dr. Rizzo said. “While it’s important to prevent getting COVID-19 in the first place, it’s also essential that we do all we can to keep our lungs healthy to avoid the worst affects of the disease.” Our lungs rely on the normal defenses in our airways to keep bacteria...