[xwolfi]

In France they give nicotine patch to nurses because they discovered, to their horror, that smokers are heavily under represented in critical cases. Something to do with nicotine.

They're annoyed because that would be like asking people to eat raw sugar to stop drinking Coca Cola, but I'm not yet stopping my cigarets :D

[distant_hat]

I don't know why you are getting downvoted. This is corrected. It is theorized that nicotine represses ACE2 receptor numbers which the virus uses to enter the cells.

[zajio1am]

Most issues with smoking cigarettes are unrelated to nicotine, but to breathing combustion products.

Nicotine itself is a mixed bag, it is addictive, but it seems to have some neuroprotective qualities.

[moron4hire]

Nicotine damages the liver

[iorrus]

Yeah I took up smoking over quarantine for this reason. Big difference in the case numbers!