Smoking and COVID-19: new study explores the link in healthcare workers
NCT ID NCT04583761
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study looked at whether smoking or using nicotine products changes the risk of catching COVID-19. Researchers surveyed over 600 healthcare workers who had been tested for the virus. The goal was to see if there is a connection between tobacco or nicotine use and testing positive for COVID-19.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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622 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2020
- Finished
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Feb 2021
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Healthcare workers tested for SARS-CoV-2 in Hotel Dieu Hospital in Paris in March, 2020
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Healthcare workers with mild symptoms of COVID-19 tested with RT-PCR in nasopharyngeal swabs: * Cases : positive RT-PCR * Controls : negative RT-PCR * Informed consent obtained by e-mail. Exclusion Criteria: * no available e-mail address * age \< 18 * no answer to the structured questionnaire
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hotel-Dieu Hospital
Paris, 75004, France
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