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Renew Deal

(81,855 posts) Wed Mar 4, 2020, 11:24 PM Mar 2020

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Can Coronavirus be caught via cigarette smoke or vape clouds?

I walked past a bunch of smokers and it made me think.

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Can Coronavirus be caught via cigarette smoke or vape clouds? (Original Post) Renew Deal Mar 2020 OP

hang 'em! LizBeth Mar 2020 #1

Smokers will definitely have a tougher time if they contract it. roamer65 Mar 2020 #2

Can a contagious smoker transmit it via smoke? Renew Deal Mar 2020 #4

If they exhale and you are within 6 ft, definitely yes. roamer65 Mar 2020 #5

I would think so Renew Deal Mar 2020 #6

I would stay away for safety sake. roamer65 Mar 2020 #7

Good question! I don't know of anyone's addressing that. Karadeniz Mar 2020 #3

It is droplets. You can't get it from recycled air in a plane. You can get it from applegrove Mar 2020 #8

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)

1. hang 'em!

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2020, 11:24 PM

Mar 2020

roamer65

(36,745 posts)

2. Smokers will definitely have a tougher time if they contract it.

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2020, 11:25 PM

Mar 2020

Their lungs are weaker.

Renew Deal

(81,855 posts)

4. Can a contagious smoker transmit it via smoke?

Reply to roamer65 (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 4, 2020, 11:27 PM

Mar 2020

roamer65

(36,745 posts)

5. If they exhale and you are within 6 ft, definitely yes.

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 4, 2020, 11:28 PM

Mar 2020

Renew Deal

(81,855 posts)

6. I would think so

Reply to roamer65 (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 4, 2020, 11:29 PM

Mar 2020

What about walking through a vape cloud?

roamer65

(36,745 posts)

7. I would stay away for safety sake.

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 4, 2020, 11:29 PM

Mar 2020

Smoke contains particulates. Could the virus stick to those particulates? Good question and I wouldn’t want to find out.

Karadeniz

(22,500 posts)

3. Good question! I don't know of anyone's addressing that.

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Wed Mar 4, 2020, 11:26 PM

Mar 2020

applegrove

(118,617 posts)

8. It is droplets. You can't get it from recycled air in a plane. You can get it from

Reply to Renew Deal (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2020, 11:30 PM

Mar 2020

being within 6 feet of someone who coughs or sneezes or wipes their mouth and then something like a door handle or a railing. I don't know vaping. I would think smoking no, unless you were to share a cigarette with someone. But what the hell do i know.

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