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. 2020 Jun 4;55(6):2001340.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.01340-2020. Print 2020 Jun.

Reply to: "Current smoking is not associated with COVID-19"

Janice M Leung  1   2 , Chen Xi Yang  1 , Don D Sin  3   2
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Reply to: "Current smoking is not associated with COVID-19"

Janice M Leung et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

Smoking and COPD are risk factors for severe COVID-19 https://bit.ly/2KJxAbp

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Conflict of interest: J.M. Leung has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: C.X. Yang has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: D.D. Sin reports grants from Merck, Boehringer Ingelheim, personal fees for advisory board work from Sanofi-Aventis, Regeneron, grants and personal fees for advisory board work and lectures from AstraZeneca, personal fees for advisory board work and lectures from Novartis, outside the submitted work.

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