Smokers quit in record numbers amid Covid fears
I know this sounds like a joke but it's not. Didn't a study say that smokers where less likely to catch COVID or get affected by it for whatever reason. I swear I read that here in HN. Too lazy to Google it.<p>Edit: I googled it, because someone downvoted it me so I guess they didn't appreciate me being lazy.<p><a href="https://www.healthing.ca/diseases-and-conditions/coronavirus/nicotine-could-stave-off-covid-19-should-i-start-smoking" rel="nofollow">https://www.healthing.ca/diseases-and-conditions/coronavirus...</a><p><a href="https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200430/smokers-hospitalized-less-often-for-covid-19" rel="nofollow">https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200430/smokers-hospitalize...</a><p>> "One hypothesis is that nicotine, which has anti-inflammatory properties, may interfere with the way that COVID-19 causes an overreaction of the immune system."