Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comment
. 2020 Jul 16;56(1):2001645.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.01645-2020. Print 2020 Jul.

COVID-19 and vaping: risk for increased susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection?

Kielan Darcy McAlinden  1 , Mathew Suji Eapen  1 , Wenying Lu  1 , Collin Chia  1   2 , Greg Haug  1   2 , Sukhwinder Singh Sohal  1
Affiliations
Comment

COVID-19 and vaping: risk for increased susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection?

Kielan Darcy McAlinden et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

Absolute cessation of any tobacco product in any form: implications for COVID-19 https://bit.ly/3cyk9ra

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: K.D. McAlinden has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M.S. Eapen has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: W. Lu has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: C. Chia has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: G. Haug has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S.S. Sohal has nothing to disclose.

Comment in

Comment on

References

    1. Russo P, Bonassi S, Giacconi R, et al. . COVID-19 and smoking: is nicotine the hidden link? Eur Respir J 2020; 55: 2001116. doi:10.1183/13993003.01116-2020 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Brake SJ, Barnsley K, Lu W, et al. . Smoking upregulates angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 receptor: a potential adhesion site for novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19). J Clin Med 2020; 9: 841. doi:10.3390/jcm9030841 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Leung JM, Yang CX, Tam A, et al. . ACE-2 expression in the small airway epithelia of smokers and COPD patients: implications for COVID-19. Eur Respir J 2020; 55: 200688. doi:10.1183/13993003.00688-2020 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Wrapp D, Wang N, Corbett KS, et al. . Cryo-EM structure of the 2019-nCoV spike in the prefusion conformation. Science 2020; 367: 1260–1263. doi:10.1126/science.abb2507 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Liu W, Tao Z-W, Wang L, et al. . Analysis of factors associated with disease outcomes in hospitalized patients with 2019 novel coronavirus disease. Chin Med J 2020; 133: 1032–1038. - PMC - PubMed