Does smoking cigarettes, tobacco increase risk of getting infected with coronavirus?

With the novel coronavirus increasing risk in countries day by day, people are getting conscious about what they should eat and which things should be avoided. Now a new report presented by the World Health Organization (WHO) states that people who possess tobacco and smoke cigarettes are at a higher risk of getting infected by a coronavirus.

Previously, WHO stated that elderly people who have diabetes or heart disease have a great risk. Moreover, those who come in contact with an infected person can catch the virus easily. The respiratory system of people also gets weakened by smoking or tobacco consumption. Along with this, the body can easily catch lung diseases like pneumonia easily due to which the risk of getting coronavirus increases rapidly.