A new study has found that teens and young adults who vape are up to seven times more likely to be infected with COVID-19 than peers who don't use e-cigarettes.<br />Those who used both cigarettes and e-cigarettes were almost five times as likely to experience symptoms as those who never smoked or vaped.<br />According to UPI, such symptoms include coughing, fever, fatigue, and difficulty breathing.<br />The findings are a call-out for youth to not start vaping and, if they are vaping, to get help and quit, especially now during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study co-author Prof. Halpern-Felsher Stanford University.<br />The study also found that lower socioeconomic status and Hispanic or multiracial ethnicity were linked to a higher risk of contracting COVID-19.
