> Seems more likely to me they're just lying about being smokers
Being a smoker has been a standard part of your medical history for a long time now for obvious reasons. There's no reason to think there is a coordinated strategy for lying about smoking in the context of a pandemic (much less revising patient medical histories, which would be the medical service industry lying).
50%+ lying about smoking in the face of potential (or actual) respiratory failure is laughable.
Being a smoker has been a standard part of your medical history for a long time now for obvious reasons. There's no reason to think there is a coordinated strategy for lying about smoking in the context of a pandemic (much less revising patient medical histories, which would be the medical service industry lying).
50%+ lying about smoking in the face of potential (or actual) respiratory failure is laughable.