Puebla Neira D, Watts A, Seashore J, Polychronopoulou E, Kuo Y-F, Sharma G (2021) Smoking and risk of COVID-19 hospitalization
In these populations, smoking caused lasting changes in gene expression which resulted in long term changes in addition to the expected short term effects on the immune system
but I don't like it as a swap-out
Within about 100 square miles, the areas around two Cuban townsSan Lus and San Juan y Martnezoccupy the heart of the broader tobacco-growing region
Also addressing those present with a message was Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery, who stressed that "tobacco, like drugs and alcohol, constitutes a challenge for all those interested in the defence of life and the promotion of human dignity and integral human development"
However, the economic benefits of tobacco cultivation are often counterbalanced by its inherent risks