Renown neurobiologist has theory that nicotine could adhere to cell receptors, therefore blocking virus from entering cells and spreading. FMTNews FMTLifestyle Covid19 Smoking Nicotine
Early theory is that nicotine could adhere to cell receptors, therefore blocking the coronavirus virus from entering cells and spreading in the body.
They found that a low number of them smoked, compared to smoking rates of around 35% in France’s general population. That was a much lower figure than the number of regular smokers in China’s general population, about 26%, according to the World Health Organisation . They plan to use nicotine patches on health workers at the Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in Paris — where the initial research was conducted — to see if it protects them against contracting the virus.
But with further research needed, experts are not encouraging people to pick up smoking or use nicotine patches as a protective measure against the virus.
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