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The Public Health Commission of the National Health System (SNS), of the Ministry of Health, has approved by consensus the Positioning in relation to tobacco consumption and related during the pandemic by Covid-19 , in which it warns that cigarettes They can act as transmitters of the new coronavirus and recommends not smoking in social settings.

This document emphasizes the new risks associated with the act of smoking and vaping . And it is that, in addition to the damage to health caused by tobacco, the manipulation of the mask and the contact of the fingers with the mouth after touching the cigarettes could act as transmitters of the Covid-19.

In addition, the text emphasizes that this act involves the expulsion of respiratory droplets and that these "can contain viral load and be highly contagious" along with "the relaxation factor of the social safety distance". Therefore, it recommends following special hygiene measures in relation to the consumption of tobacco and related products.

"Its consumption should be avoided in community and social environments and, if it is carried out, it must be done in separate open spaces, limiting the personal hygiene measures of those who consume, with hand washing prior to and after handling products and utensils employees ", stand out from the department headed by Salvador Illa.

Likewise, the document refers specifically to water pipes, whose shared use was prohibited during phases 1, 2 and 3 of the Plan for the Transition towards a New Normality in accordance with the provisions of letter f) of the Articles 16 and 19 of the respective ministerial orders.

In this sense, the document ensures that avoiding using them is also currently indicated taking into account the general hygiene recommendations to avoid the transmission of Covid-19. In fact, on this consumption there are already some autonomous communities that are developing, in a complementary way, their own regulations.

At the same time, the work recalls that tobacco use, in any of its forms, has been shown to worsen the course of respiratory diseases and is, therefore, an important risk factor for cardiovascular and oncological diseases, as well as for diabetes, among other pathologies.

"Regarding the relationship between smoking and the progression of Covid-19, current evidence indicates that smoking is associated with its negative progression and with adverse results ," says the document, after commenting that the World Health Organization ( WHO) warns that "there is increasing evidence that the consumption of electronic cigarettes produces side effects in the lungs, heart and blood vessels , and this could increase the risk of severe complications from Covid-19".

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