"even if smoking does not directly cause a smoker to die from covid19, it could cause this indirectly because smokers are more likely to have the diseases that could make a person die of the virus," she says.

"nkqu nokuba ukutshaya akubangeli lowo utshayayo asweleke ngokuthe ngqo yicovid19, kusenokubangela oku ngokungathanga ngqo kuba abantu abatshayayo basemngciphekweni wokuba nezifo ezinokukhokelela ekuswelekeni kwabo ngenxa yale ntsholongwane," utshilo.
