ArticleJournal of primary care & community health
Electronic Cigarette Use Is Not Associated with COVID-19 Diagnosis.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association between e-cigarette use and COVID-19 diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Nicotine and cotinine enhance SARS-CoV-2 entry through distinct but complementary mechanisms in human respiratory epithelial cells.Journal of virology · 2026Article
- Vaping nicotine is associated with increased medically-attended COVID-19 in women of reproductive age in an integrated health system.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- E-cigarettes are not associated with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome among US adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- COVID-19 Outcome and Tobacco Product Use: Case-Control and Retrospective Cohort Studies Using Nationwide Samples.Journal of Korean medical science · 2024Article
- Does vaping increase the likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 infection? Paradoxically yes and no.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2024Article
- The predisposition of smokers to COVID-19 infection: A mini-review of global perspectives.Heliyon · 2023Review
- The relationship between the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and effects on pulmonary immune responses-a literature review.Environmental research · 2023Review
- Ectodomain shedding of proteins important for SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis in plasma of tobacco cigarette smokers compared to electronic cigarette vapers: a cross-sectional study.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2023Article
- E-Cigarette Vapour Increases ACE2 and TMPRSS2 Expression in a Flavour- and Nicotine-Dependent Manner.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Electronic cigarette use and risk of COVID-19 among young adults without a history of cigarette smoking.Preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Assessing Smoking Status and Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Machine Learning Approach among Veterans.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Israeli news media coverage of COVID-19 and use of cannabis and tobacco: A case study of inconsistent risk communication.The International journal on drug policy · 2022Article
- Instigators of COVID-19 in Immune Cells Are Increased in Tobacco Cigarette Smokers and Electronic Cigarette Vapers Compared With Nonsmokers.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Article
- Changes in Cigarette Smoking and Vaping in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK: Findings from Baseline and 12-Month Follow up of HEBECO Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Association of Electronic Cigarette Use With SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Disease Severity.Tobacco use insights · 2022Article
- Health effects and known pathology associated with the use of E-cigarettes.Toxicology reports · 2022Review
- COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake and Hesitancy Among Current Tobacco Users.Tobacco use insights · 2021Article
- Symptoms COVID 19 Positive Vapers Compared to COVID 19 Positive Non-vapers.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
This analysis tested the hypothesis that current e-cigarette use was associated with an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients seeking medical care. E-cigarette and conventional cigarette use were ascertained using a novel electronic health record tool, and COVID-19 diagnosis was ascertained by a validated institutional registry. Logistic regression models were fit to assess whether current e-cigarette use was associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 diagnosis. A total of 69,264 patients who were over the age of 12 years, smoked cigarettes or vaped, and were sought medical care at Mayo Clinic between September 15, 2019 and November 30, 2020 were included. The average age was 51.5 years, 62.1% were females and 86.3% were white; 11.1% were currently smoking cigarettes or using e-cigarettes and 5.1% tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Patients who used only e-cigarettes were not more likely to have a COVID-19 diagnosis (OR 0.93 [0.69-1.25],
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