>smokers with a positive Covid-19 test were more than twice as likely as non-smokers with coronavirus to be hospitalised.
> This aligns with research from the US which found hospitalised smokers with coronavirus were 1.8 times more likely to die.
is contradicted by the study showing that smokers with covid are more likely to have severe symptoms than non-smokers with covid.
>smokers with a positive Covid-19 test were more than twice as likely as non-smokers with coronavirus to be hospitalised.
> This aligns with research from the US which found hospitalised smokers with coronavirus were 1.8 times more likely to die.