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.Edit: I googled it, because someone downvoted it me so I guess they didn't appreciate me being lazy.https://www.healthing.ca/diseases-and-conditions/coronavirus...https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200430/smokers-hospitalize...> "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."