Fewer than five per cent of 441 COVID-19 patients admitted to an Italian hospital were smokers - a 'very low' number, given that a quarter of the general population are smokers.
Of 441 hospitalised COVID-19 patients in the study, 5% were active smokers. But rates are 24% in the Italian population, suggesting some sort of protection. However, more smokers succumbed to the disease - half of smokers compared to 35% of non-smokers.
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