The studies do appear to show that smoking cigarettes is correlated with a lower probability of getting the Covid, for a lot of different definitions of "getting the Covid."
They also appear to be, by eyeball aggregate, inconclusive as to whether the risk of dying from the Covid is higher or lower for smokers: it's certainly worse to be a smoker than not if you do catch the Covid.
Smoking also has some other bad health effects. I feel like that's pretty well-understood these days. I know these things; I was a smoker; I still am a smoker. I would not recommend taking up a cigarette habit just because of the Covid. Doesn't seem to cut down on the risk of dying from the Covid, still increases the risks of having bad health effects from everything else that's harmful about smoking.
The studies do appear to show that smoking cigarettes is correlated with a lower probability of getting the Covid, for a lot of different definitions of "getting the Covid."
They also appear to be, by eyeball aggregate, inconclusive as to whether the risk of dying from the Covid is higher or lower for smokers: it's certainly worse to be a smoker than not if you do catch the Covid.
Smoking also has some other bad health effects. I feel like that's pretty well-understood these days. I know these things; I was a smoker; I still am a smoker. I would not recommend taking up a cigarette habit just because of the Covid. Doesn't seem to cut down on the risk of dying from the Covid, still increases the risks of having bad health effects from everything else that's harmful about smoking.