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Study shows young adults who vape are five times more likely to contract COVID‐19
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
campus security report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6247
pISSN - 1551-2800
DOI - 10.1002/casr.30706
Subject(s) - covid-19 , vulnerability (computing) , psychology , demography , medicine , political science , virology , sociology , computer security , computer science , pathology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
College‐age students who vape are five to seven times more likely than nonvaping peers to contract COVID‐19, according to a study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health . The study examined survey results from more than 4,000 people, aged 13–24, throughout the United States, and is the first study of its kind to examine the link between vaping and COVID‐19 vulnerability. While other studies have determined links between cigarette smoking and vulnerability to COVID‐19, vaping, a practice that is increasing on college campuses, had so far been unstudied in relation to the virus.