pThe World Health Organisation has designated 31 May asnbspWorld No Tobacco DaynbspThe theme this year is Commit to Quit which assumes significant importance in the present times of thenbspCOVID-19nbsppandemicppThe association of smoking with thenbspCOVID-19nbspinfection has been controversial Initial studies from China and Europe seemed to suggest a lower prevalence of COVID infection among smokers and protective effects of smoking against the effects of COVID However subsequent analysis showed serious methodological flaws in those studies And later studies showed that smokers in fact fare poorly after anbspcoronavirusnbspinfectionp
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