Correlation between pandemics: Smoking and COVID-19

• Autor(a) principal: Cardoso, Thais Carolina Alves
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Rotondano Filho, Adriano Ferro, Arruda, Jalsi Tacon
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/18442
• topic: Hábito de Fumar; Adolescente; COVID-19.; Fumar; Adolescente; COVID-19.; Smoking; Adolescent; COVID-19.

The habit of smoking or smoking is something common since the dawn of humanity. Sharing any of the different forms of tobacco use increases the transmission pathway for SARS-CoV-2. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic made social distancing mandatory, many families at home, forced people who do not smoke to live with smokers, making them more vulnerable to passive smoking and, consequently, the severity of COVID-19. The present study aims to highlight the relationship between smoking and COVID-19. An integrative literature review was carried out based on original studies obtained from the SciELO, PubMed, Academic Google, and LILACS databases. Smoking and COVID-19 are two pandemics that can be associated. Smoking is the main risk factor for severe respiratory diseases and infections, due to structural changes in the respiratory tract and reduced immune response. It is very important to monitor smoking initiation, especially among young people, as this is a preventable action. Smoking is a habit that contributes to the transmission, infection, and aggravation of COVID-19.