Can coronavirus be transmitted through cigarette smoke?
When you exhale smoke from a cigarette, whether conventional or electronic, it's accompanied by micro-droplets of saliva that can potentially contain Covid-19 if you're contaminated. Several studies have also shown that the coronavirus can easily attach itself to pollution particles, including those from cigarettes. So be sure to smoke in well-ventilated areas, while respecting social distancing.
For further information, we recommend that you consult :
- Tabac info service website
- The Santé Publique France website and its section on tobacco
- The "Ameli" health insurance website and its thematic file on tobacco
And more specifically, the resources you can consult to stop smoking:
- Tabac info service: the application that suggests ways to stop smoking, which you can download here.
- 3889: a free telephone service staffed by tobaccologists, Monday to Saturday, 8am to 8pm.
- A tobaccologist: a professional who can help you quit under the right conditions, easily found on the tabac info service website here