https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2020.1463

Covid-19 and ex-smokers: an underestimated prognostic factor?

Vol. 90 No. 3 (2020)
Submitted: June 19, 2020
Accepted: July 8, 2020
Published: July 15, 2020
Covid-19, smoking habit
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Pierluigi Carratù
pierluigi.carratu@uniba.it
Division of Internal Medicine, Clinica Medica "A. Murri"; Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, "Aldo Moro" University of Bari, Italy.
Roberto Boffi
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1657-1591
Pneumology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Silvano Dragonieri
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1563-6864
Institute of Respiratory Disease, Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, “Aldo Moro” University of Bari, Italy.
Elena Munarini
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1031-5201
Pneumology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Chiara Veronese
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-342X
Pneumology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Piero Portincasa
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5359-1471
Division of Internal Medicine, Clinica Medica “A. Murri”; Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, “Aldo Moro” University of Bari, Italy.

Dear Editor,

The recent and explosive worldwide outbreak of Covid-19 leads many scientists and clinicians to identify the most responsible triggering risk factors in individuals without comorbidities, as well as potential prognostic factors. A notable field of research has been conducted on the role of smoking, which has been initially hypothesized as being a protective factor for Covid-19....

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Carratù, Pierluigi, Roberto Boffi, Silvano Dragonieri, Elena Munarini, Chiara Veronese, and Piero Portincasa. 2020. “Covid-19 and Ex-Smokers: An Underestimated Prognostic Factor?”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 90 (3). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2020.1463.
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