Dr Arvind Kumar, Chest Surgeon, Shri Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi explains how smokers are more likely to get infected with the highly contagious coronavirus. He said, "If you are a smoker, you have weakened immunity and respiratory system. The overall immunity of windpipe and lining of lungs is also affected in such people due to continuous smoking and the damaged organ of the human body is always prone to infections. Secondly, if the infection does occur in smokers then the ability to fight that infection and survive will be low. So, the current coronavirus pandemic is the bigger issue for smokers than non-smokers. The smokers have a higher chance of contracting the disease and if they contract then they will have a lower chance of surviving." Dr Kumar also said if there is one time for smokers to quit smoking, it is today.
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