Can smoking prevent novel coronavirus?

A slew of health experts refuted theconclusion, saying it is a rumor taken out of context.According to the data inthe paper, among 1,099 pneumonia patients surveyed, 927 were non-smokers,accounting for 85.4 percent of the total; 21 had a history of smoking,accounting for 1.9 percent; and 137 were smokers, accounting for 12.6 percent.