A hospital in Paris has reported that smokers are statistically less likely to be admitted for treatment of Covid-19. That would seem to indicate that smoking, or at the very least niocotene related products have some protective qualities against the dreaded Wuhan Flu. Now before you head to the reservation to stock up on stogies please be aware that that are a myriad of variables that could influence these numbers. Preliminary results however fly in the face of all we know and have been taught about smoking - it's bad for you.
France, where these baffling statistics come from experienced a run on nicotene products after researchers noted the low numbers of smokers who come down with covid-19. The nicotine theory is derived from the Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital in Paris who were using nicotine patches, they noticed that very few smokers or nicotene users actually had Corona. On the flip side however, those smokers that do contract the disease tend to display more serious symptoms.
The Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital study examined 343 COVID-19 patients along with 139 people with moderate symptoms. The results showed that a low number of virus patients were smokers, only 5%, while at least 35% of the population smokes cigarettes and / or uses nicotine products of one form or another. Those admitted to the hospital, had a median age of 65, only 4.4% were regular smokers. Among those released home, with a median age of 44, 5.3% smoked.
Researchers insisted they were not encouraging the population to take up smoking, which carries other potentially fatal health risks and kills 50% of those who take it up. While nicotine may protect those from the virus, smokers who have caught it often develop more serious symptoms because of the toxic effect of tobacco smoke on the lungs, they say.
According to neurobiologist Jean-Pierre Changeux from France's Pasteur Institute, the theory behind the research is that nicotine could adhere to cell receptors and block the virus from entering cells, thus preventing replication in the body.
The New England Journal of Medicine reported similar results, they reported that 12.6% of 1,000 people infected in China were smokers. Although any figures from China are always questionable.
Researchers are waiting on government approval to conduct another study that will place nicotine patches on doctors and nurses at Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital to see if it shields them from the virus. The patches will also be used on patients in the hospitals to see if it helps to reduce symptoms. Researchers claim nicotine could thwart " cytokine storms," which is an overreaction of the immune system, and scientists believe it plays a pivotal role in many fatal COVID-19 cases.
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