Kumar Gaurav Chhabra et al., Int. J. Res. Pharm. Sci., 2020, 11 (SPL)(1), 1593-1598 REVIEW ARTICLE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES Published by JK Welfare & Pharmascope Foundation Journal Home Page: www.pharmascope.org/ijrps Relationship between COVID-19 and Smoking Gargi Nimbulkar 1 , Lalthangmawia 2 , Misbah Khan 2 , Lalchhandama 2 , Kumar Gaurav Chhabra *1 , Amit Reche 1 , Cecilia Lalduhsangi 2 1 Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences Sawangi, Wardha, Maharastra, India 2 Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences Sawangi, Wardha, Maharastra, India Article History: Received on: 02 Oct 2020 Revised on: 07 Nov 2020 Accepted on: 09 Nov 2020 Keywords: Covid-19, Cigarette, Corona Virus, SARS-CoV-2, Smoking, Tobacco ABSTRACT The novel coronavirus has disrupted the normal life of each individual with masks becoming an integral part of life. Mostly every person is well informed about the precautions that need to be taken for the containment of the virus such as regular hand washing, wearing of masks in outdoors, social distancing, etc. Yet there has been little reference to the deleterious habit of smoking that can weigh heavily on one’s health. This article aims to look into the connec- tion and intricacies of smoking that may directly or indirectly affect the sever- ity of the symptoms of COVID-19. Smoking is already a known etiologic factor for many cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), coronary artery disease, carcinoma of the lungs, etc. While COVID-19 is a virus that causes respiratory distress in severe cases, not much is known or emphasized in the medical ϑield of its possible rela- tionship with smoking. Our information is limited to whether the presence of smoking history in infected patients worsens the condition or there is no rela- tionship between smoking and COVID-19. Moreover, with the introduction of lockdown as a measure to contain the virus, it substantially increases the incidence of anxiety, depression and other mental health diseases which can contribute tremendously to the relapses of smoking or convert a non-smoker to a smoker. Hence, it is imperative to look into the possible relationship of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and smok- ing. * Corresponding Author Name: Kumar Gaurav Chhabra Phone: +917597043999 Email: rajsushil.chhabra@gmail.com ISSN: 0975-7538 DOI: https://doi.org/10.26452/ijrps.v11iSPL1.3795 Production and Hosted by Pharmascope.org © 2020 | All rights reserved. INTRODUCTION The outbreak of covid-19 have left people in chaos and have affected the lives of many due to the nation- wide lockdown in India since 24/03/2020 issued by the MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs) Most people are concerned about the health of their parents that they can’t see now, and all the other uncertainties around it (Patwardhan, 2020; Stubbs et al., 2017). Staying at home, people listen to some real/fake news of all kinds. The feeling of helplessness will be intensiϑied as there is no longer the normal com- fort of expressing their fears, and life pressures with friends and family (As a result we should predict a dramatic rise in the stress rate in the community. © International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences 1593