TY - JOUR AU - Carratù, Pierluigi AU - Boffi, Roberto AU - Dragonieri, Silvano AU - Munarini, Elena AU - Veronese, Chiara AU - Portincasa, Piero PY - 2020/07/15 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Covid-19 and ex-smokers: an underestimated prognostic factor? JF - Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease JA - Monaldi Arch Chest Dis VL - 90 IS - 3 SE - COVID-19 - Collection of articles on the Coronavirus outbreak DO - 10.4081/monaldi.2020.1463 UR - https://www.monaldi-archives.org/macd/article/view/1463 SP - AB - <p class="p1">Dear Editor,</p><p class="p1">The recent and explosive worldwide outbreak of Covid-19&nbsp;leads many scientists and clinicians to identify the most responsible triggering risk factors in individuals without comorbidities, as&nbsp;well as potential prognostic factors. A notable field of research has been conducted on the role of&nbsp;smoking, which has been initially hypothesized as being a protective factor for Covid-19....</p> ER -