ArticleJournal of primary care & community health
Symptoms COVID 19 Positive Vapers Compared to COVID 19 Positive Non-vapers.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Vaping cessation interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Tobacco control · 2026Pooled it
- Association between e-cigarette use and COVID-19 diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Adolescent Mental Health and Substance Use.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2022Trial
- Nicotine and cotinine enhance SARS-CoV-2 entry through distinct but complementary mechanisms in human respiratory epithelial cells.Journal of virology · 2026Article
- Vaping-related lung disease: a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Review
- 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
- E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use Associated Lung Injury: Epidemiology, Challenges, and Implications With COVID-19.Pediatric pulmonology · 2025Review
- E-cigarette Use and Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis.Cureus · 2024Review
- Development of Chatbot-Assisted Smoking Cessation Telehealth Intervention: A Case Report.AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium · 2024Article
- COVID-19 and tobacco products use among US adults, 2021 National Health Interview Survey.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Mental Health Conditions- and Substance Use-Associated Emergency Department Visits during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nevada, USA.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Association of combustible cigarettes and heated tobacco products use with SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 in Japan: a JASTIS 2022 cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Association between E-Cigarette Use Behaviors and Anxiety/Depression among Black/African American Adults Based on Sexual Identity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury Epidemic: Pathogenesis, Management, and Future Directions: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2023Article
- The Influence of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Frequent Use of E-Cigarettes and Its Association with Substance Use and Mental Health Symptoms.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Electronic Cigarettes: A Pro-Con Review of the Current Literature.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2022Review
- Transfer of Metals to the Aerosol Generated by an Electronic Cigarette: Influence of Number of Puffs and Power.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- E-cigarettes and youth: an unresolved Public Health concern.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2022Review
- 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
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Abstract
objectivesThe purpose of the present study was to assess and describe the severity of symptoms reported by Covid-19 positive patients who vaped (smoked e-cigarettes) when compared to those who did not vape or smoke at the time of the diagnosis of Covid-19.
methodsPatients from this study are from a well-characterized patient cohort collected at Mayo Clinic between March 1, 2020 and February 28, 2021; with confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis defined as a positive result on reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR) assays from nasopharyngeal swab specimens. Among the 1734 eligible patients, 289 patients reported current vaping. The cohort of vapers (N = 289) was age and gender matched to 1445 covid-19 positive patients who did not vape. The data analyzed included: date of birth, gender, ethnicity, race, marital status, as well as lifestyle history such as vaping and smoking and reported covid-19 symptoms experienced.
resultsA logistic regression analysis was performed separately for each symptom using generalized estimating equations (GEE) with robust variance estimates in order to account for the 1:5 age, sex, and race matched set study design. Patients who vaped and developed Covid-19 infection were more likely to have chest pain or tightness (16% vs 10%, vapers vs non vapers,
conclusionVapers experience higher frequency of covid-19 related symptoms when compared with age and gender matched non-vapers. Further work should examine the impact vaping has on post-covid symptom experience.
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