Tobacco and COVID-19 Hub
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With the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire world had to prioritise public health and brace for a critical strain on healthcare systems, society and the economy alike. More and more studies and information are highlighting the role tobacco use plays in placing an individual at a higher risk when exposed to COVID-19. In order to provide a hub for all the resources circulating on this and related topics, SFP has collected different outputs from its Coalition partners, public health organisations, media and institutions.The list will continue being updated with new information as the situation develops.
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SFP Coalition Partner resources:
- SFP Coalition statement on COVID-19 and tobacco control
- Fondation Contre le Cancer (content in French) - Coronavirus : les fumeurs courent-ils plus de risques ?
- EuroHealthNet - What COVID-19 is teaching us about inequality and the sustainability of our health systems?
- Cancer Research UK (CRUK) - Coronavirus (COVID-19) and cancer
- Action on Smoking and Health, ASH(UK) - Health Secretary: “It is abundantly clear that smoking makes the impact of a coronavirus worse”
- Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) - The fight against COVID-19: let’s make public investments count for people
- FRESH - Risks from coronavirus (COVID-19) - advice to smokers from Dr Nick Hopkinson
- FRESH - Smokers encouraged to quit for coronavirus
- Health Mission Serbia (content in Serbian) - article on smoking and COVID-19
- Dutch Cancer Society (content in Dutch) - Questions and answers on the coronavirus and the Dutch Cancer Society
- Statements on nicotine and COVID-19:
- Comité national contre le tabagisme (CNCT) - EN version available for download below - COVID-19 et nicotine, le CNCT soutient la prise de position de l’Alliance
- Fondation Contre le Cancer (content in French) - Peut-on se protéger du nouveau coronavirus avec de la nicotine ?
- Alliance contre le tabac - EN version available for download below - L'hypothèse d’un effet protecteur de la nicotine à prendre avec grande précaution
- Stopping Tobacco Organisations and Products (STOP) - Review of Controversial French Studies on Link Between Smoking and COVID-19
- Tobacco endgame (content in Italian) - Fumo e COVID-19: tra Ricerca e Disinformazione
- World Health Organisation - WHO statement: Tobacco use and COVID-19
- Claims and media on nicotine and COVID-19:
- Institutions, Public Health Organisations, Government resources:
- Secretariat of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - Tobacco control during the COVID-19 pandemic: how we can help, Statement from the Head of the Convention Secretariat, Dr Adriana Blanco Marquizo
- European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) - Disease background of COVID-19
- World Health Organisation (WHO) - Q&A on smoking and COVID-19
- World Health Organisation (WHO) - Information note on COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases
- Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (visual on social media) - Smoking can increase your chance of getting COVID-19
- Ireland Health Department - At-risk groups and cocooning, Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Media and social media:
- European Scientist - COVID-19 pandemic underscores the health risks for smokers with chronic bronchitis
- EURACTIV - Smokers likely to be more at risk from coronavirus
- #QuitforCovid hashtag trail on Twitter
- Academia:
- Tobacco Induced Diseases Journal - It is time to become serious about closing the global resource gap for FCTC implementation, editorial piece by Ryan Forrest (Framework Convention Alliance)
- The British Medical Journal Opinion - Covid-19: The role of smoking cessation during respiratory virus epidemics
- The British Medical Journal - Coronavirus: Latest news and resources
- Others:
- The Union - COVID-19 and Tobacco: The Union's Brief
- The Union - COVID-19 and Smoking: Frequently Asked Questions
- Campaign for Tobacco - Free Kids - There is No Evidence to Suggest Smokers are Protected from COVID-19
- STOP / Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control - COVID-19 and Tobacco Industry Interference
- European Public Health Association (EUPHA) - European Public Health Week 2020, Promoting public health is now more important than ever
- Action on Smoking and Health, ASH(Wales) - How to quit smoking during COVID-19
- European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) - COVID-19 information portal
