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Originally Posted by billdan
France is restricting the sales of tobacco products and nicotine patches.
This is because it seems that smokers are not getting the virus and the nicotine is protecting them. Nicotine is a poison and it kills the virus when it enters the lungs.
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Interesting theory, and it has been published (as a theory) in medical journals by people who know far more about it than I do.
On the other hand, it could be that everyone else stays away from filthy smokers in the first place, so they were under enforced social distancing from the outset.
