The behavior of e-cigarette users puts them at risk of contracting Covid-19.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Not just conventional smokers, users of Electronic cigarettes also have a risk of getting Covid-19 higher. An online survey in May 2020 of 4,351 people aged 13-24 found that a Covid-19 diagnosis was five times more likely in e-cigarette users.
“Seven times more likely to dual user (conventional and electronic cigarettes) and 6.8 more likely in users dual user over the past 30 days, as well as nearly five times more symptoms seen in users dual user for the last 30 days,” explained Dr. Feni Fitriani Taufik, SpP(K), M. Pd.Ked from the Indonesian Lung Doctors Association, in webinar health, Saturday.
Feni also explained the reasons why e-cigarettes could increase the risk of contracting Covid-19. First, e-cigarettes can damage the lungs and interfere with the immune system.
When the lungs are damaged and immunity decreases, the individual will be more susceptible and more susceptible to viruses. In addition, aerosols from e-cigarettes can be: droplet which contains a virus.
The behavior of e-cigarette users is also at risk, where there is repeated hand-to-mouth contact to smoke e-cigarettes. Covid-19 can be spread through splashes, a person can be infected if they touch the surface of an object that was exposed to the splash, then touch their eyes, nose or mouth.
When smoking, people must remove the mask so that the risk of contracting is also greater. In webinar In this case, Feni stated the myths and facts of electronic cigarettes that are usually consumed by young people.
Feni denies the notion that e-cigarettes are a tool to quit smoking. There are e-cigarettes that contain nicotine, which is a nicotine salt that allows inhalation of higher doses of nicotine.
One mini floor The nicotine in e-cigarettes is the same as 20 conventional cigarettes. The nicotine in e-cigarettes can also cause addiction.
source: Between
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