COVID-19
AND VAPING
Q & A
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Are people who vape at greater risk of being exposed to COVID-19?
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- COVID-19 is a virus that attacks the lungs.
- A person can have mild to severe symptoms.
- Lung damage, disease or reduced lung capacity can all affect the severity of a COVID illness.
- Vaping and smoking reduce the body’s ability to use oxygen and could put a user at higher risk of complications from COVID-19.(19)
- Quitting is the best thing you can do for your lung health.
Are people who vape at greater risk of GETTING COVID-19?
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- Exposure to nicotine and other chemicals in e-cigarettes damages the lungs. ). (15)
- Lung damage caused by e-cigarettes is similar to damaged caused by cigarettes. ) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20)
COVID-19 attacks the lungs. - Young people who use e-cigarettes are 5X more likely to get COVID-19. (21)
- Young people who use both e-cigarettes and cigarettes are 7X more likely to get COVID-19. (21)
- If you vape, now is the time to quit.
Are people who vape more likely to have complications if they get COVID-19?
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- COVID-19 is a virus that attacks the lungs.
- A person can have mild to severe symptoms.
- Lung damage, disease or reduced lung capacity can all affect the severity of a COVID illness.
- Vaping and smoking reduce the body’s ability to use oxygen and could put a user at higher risk of complications from COVID-19.(19)
- Quitting is the best thing you can do for your lung health.
Can people get COVID-19 from breathing in secondhand vapour?
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- Research is only starting to study secondhand vapour and its effects on health.
- Not enough is known to understand if COVID-19 can travel in exhaled e-cigarette vapour and infect another person.
- Exhaled vapour doesn’t travel far so if COVID is there, the spread into the environment would be small. (22) (23)
- If you vape, the time to quit is now.