Question: Should someone who smokes expect to get more severe symptoms if infected with COVID-19?

Answer passage (source: WHO):
page_title: Q&A: Tobacco and COVID-19
section_headers: As a smoker, is my risk of getting the COVID-19 virus higher than that of a non-smoker?
section_content: At the time of preparing this Q&A, there are no peer-reviewed studies that
have evaluated the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with smoking.
However, tobacco smokers (cigarettes, waterpipes, bidis, cigars, heated
tobacco products) may be more vulnerable to contracting COVID-19, as the act
of smoking involves contact of fingers (and possibly contaminated cigarettes)
with the lips, which increases the possibility of transmission of viruses from
hand to mouth. Smoking waterpipes, also known as shisha or hookah, often
involves the sharing of mouth pieces and hoses, which could facilitate the
transmission of the COVID-19 virus in communal and social settings.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This answer does address smoking and covid, but it really doesn't state whether the smoking will make it worse.
This does not answer the question. This answer provides information on the increased risk of Covid-19 transmission in people who are smokers. However, this answer does not provide any information on whether or not smokers will have more severe symptoms or illness when infected by Covid-19 virus.

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Answer passage (source: WHO):
page_title: Q&A: Tobacco and COVID-19
section_headers: As a smoker, am I likely to get more severe symptoms if infected?
section_content: Smoking any kind of tobacco reduces lung capacity and increases the risk of
many respiratory infections and can increase the severity of respiratory
diseases. COVID-19 is an infectious disease that primarily attacks the lungs.
Smoking impairs lung function making it harder for the body to fight off
coronaviruses and other respiratory diseases. Available research suggests that
smokers are at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 outcomes and death.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The passage does say that the smoking is a greater risk, but it doesn't say that the symptoms will be worse.
This answers the question directly. This answer provides information on how people who smoke may develop severe Covid-19 that results in severe outcomes and death due to reduced lung capacity and risk of developing respiratory infections from smoking.

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Answer passage (source: WHO):
page_title: Q&A: Tobacco and COVID-19
section_headers: What about using smokeless tobacco, like chewing tobacco?
section_content: Using smokeless tobacco often involves some hand to mouth contact. Another
risk associated with using smokeless tobacco products, like chewing tobacco,
is that the virus can be spread when the user spits out the excess saliva
produced during the chewing process. * *

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The passage says a little of the risk of smoking and tobacco, but it doesn't address the symptoms.
This information does not answer the question. This information is explaining about the spread of Covid-19 virus associated with smokeless tobacco use and does not provide any information of whether or not people who smoke will get more severe symptoms if infected by Covid-19 as asked in the question.

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