Gender-based differing effects of smoking addiction on COVID-19 performance
Contemporary Issues in Global Medicine and Moving Toward International Healthcare Equity, IGI Global, ss.306-316, 2022
- Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
- Basım Tarihi: 2022
- Doi Numarası: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8490-3.ch015
- Yayınevi: IGI Global
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.306-316
- Kırklareli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This chapter analyzes the role of gender-based smoking on cross-country COVID-19 performance. The authors developed two hypotheses for gender-based differing effects of smoking addiction on COVID-19 performance, enabling role of smoking (ACE2) and nicotinic role of smoking (nAChR). Male smoking has negative significant effect on per capita COVID-19 cases, deaths, and recoveries. Female smoking has positive significant effect on per capita COVID-19 cases and deaths while it has no significant effect on recoveries. The chapter does not support the idea that smoking should be encouraged for men although nicotine is claimed to be a preventive agent against COVID-19 since we know that smoking also decreases per capita COVID-19 recoveries. The chapter also does not support the notion that smoking addiction for women is harmless since it does not affect number of recoveries or recovery period. Since smoking addiction for women increases per capita COVID-19 deaths, there is no guarantee to be a patient with mild symptoms.