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Young people who use e-cigarettes are five to seven times more likely to contract Covid-19 than those who do not use these devices, according to research published Wednesday.

The study, conducted in May by researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine, interviewed more than 4,300 young people ages 13 to 24 in the United States (half smokers, half non-smokers) and is the first to relates 'vaping' to coronavirus infections. They were asked if and how they had smoked in the previous 30 days, and if they had had Covid-19 symptoms, tests and diagnoses.

The research concluded that a positive diagnosis of the disease was five times more likely in young people who had used electronic cigarettes in the previous month. And the probability increased to almost seven times more (6.8) if in that same period they had also smoked normal tobacco .

Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, professor of pediatrics at Stanford University and lead author of the research, has assured the NBC television network that they did not expect such results . "We were surprised. We expected to see maybe some relationship, but certainly not with the probabilities, the proportions and the importance that we are seeing here," she explained.

The study authors believe that the results can be explained for several reasons . First of all, the fact that smoking or 'vaping' can damage the lungs and make them more vulnerable to infection. Another reason is that the expulsion of smoke by an infected person can facilitate transmission by air in those around him. Nor are some habits of consumption ruled out, such as the habitual contact between hand and mouth or the fact of sharing the electronic cigarette.

"If you vape, you are putting yourself at risk of contracting Covid-19 and other lung diseases," Bonnie Halpern Fesher has warned in view of the data, who has also urged the FDA, the regulator, to tighten the conditions to sell electronic cigarettes to young consumers. The study, which does not indicate the margin of error for the survey, has been published by the 'Journal of Adolescent Health'.

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