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Covid-19: Why smokers get sick less often than non-smokers

2021-09-22T12:40:41.261Z


Smokers are said to be less likely to contract Covid-19. Researchers now want to have found out why this is so.


Smokers are said to be less likely to contract Covid-19.

Researchers now want to have found out why this is so.

Kassel - Researchers from Hiroshima have apparently solved a Corona * puzzle.

It was already known from various studies that smokers have a lower risk of Covid 19 disease.

Why smoking, of all things, should protect against infections with the coronavirus was still completely unclear.

The scientists from Japan have now found out that isolated ingredients in cigarette smoke are apparently responsible.

However, you shouldn't start smoking to protect yourself against coronaviruses - the ingredients are highly toxic, warn the researchers in the study.

The substances involved are so-called "polycyclic aromatic hydrogens", also called "PAHs".

Smoking as corona protection: Cigarette ingredients suppress the formation of a molecule

Although they are extremely carcinogenic, according to the scientists they can provide a kind of protection against coronaviruses and thus the Covid-19 disease.

They suppress the formation of a molecule, which in turn suppresses the formation of ACE-2 receptors

prevented.

These are the gateway for coronaviruses into the human organism.

According to the researchers, the viruses would not be able to dock onto cells without them.

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Smoking protects against corona: Researchers are developing a drug that uses the same trick

According to the Japanese study, smokers are less likely to get sick because there are fewer docking points.

However, if you get Covid-19, the risk of a serious illness is much higher, as is known from previous studies.

The main reason for this is the weakened lungs as a symptom of a generally weakened immune system.

The researchers' next step is now to develop a drug against coronaviruses that works with the same trick as "PAKs" - but without causing damage to human cells.

In Europe, tobacco companies have apparently found an EU loophole that makes it possible to adulterate the ingredients of cigarettes. * (Luisa Weckesser) *

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Source: merkur

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