(Catherine Hawley/ Fox13) — Research shows there is a connection between vaping and contracting COVID-19. A new study released this week finds teens and young adults who use e-cigarettes are five to nine times more likely to test positive for the virus.
The research is published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. The data comes from more than 4,000 teens and young adults who answered an online survey, linking the habit to contracting COVID-19.
“Were able to show that children who had recently vaped, even within 30-days, or were actively vaping, were significantly higher than teens who didn’t do those things,” explained Dr. Anthony Sochet with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.
The researchers from Stanford University found people between the ages of 13 and 24 who use e-cigarettes are five times more likely to be diagnosed with coronavirus compared to their non-vaping peers. That number jumps to between seven and nine percent in teens and young adults who both vape and smoke traditional cigarettes. (…)