(We Chinese in America Media Editor Tang Zhao, January 27, 2022) The latest foreign research points out that smoking may reduce the antibody concentration of the new crown vaccine by at least half. The Dong Foundation calls on the public to actively quit smoking and increase their resistance to new coronary pneumonia. (Photo from Internet)

The Omicron epidemic in Taiwan continued to spread, and many people rushed to get the third dose of the vaccine. The Dong Foundation pointed out that the latest international research has confirmed that smoking may reduce the antibody concentration of the new crown vaccine by at least half. Experts call for smokers to quit smoking immediately to ensure the normal effect of the vaccine.

Scholars from the University of Barcelona have published a new study that compares and analyzes vaccinated healthcare workers, including one-dose, two-dose vaccines, and the neutralizing capacity produced by mixing BNT and Modena vaccines., differences in antibody levels.

One of the results found that when smokers were vaccinated, the neutralizing power produced decreased by 43% and antibody concentrations decreased by 35%. For those with other comorbidities, the neutralization ability decreased by 45% and the antibody concentration decreased by 55% after vaccination.

Guo Feiran, a physician in the Department of Family Medicine of National Taiwan University Hospital, said that the latest research shows that smoking reduces the concentration of vaccine antibodies by nearly 40%, and even decreases by nearly 60% in patients with comorbidities. To ensure the normal effect of the vaccine, smokers are advised to quit smoking immediately to ensure the protective function that the vaccine should have.

The latest research from the Center for Public Health Research, University of Milan, Italy, conducted experiments on medical staff who had received two doses of BNT vaccine between December 2020 and January 2021, and confirmed by serological testing 60 days after receiving the two doses. The concentration of coronavirus antibodies in the body.

The study found that the antibody concentration of non-smokers was 487.5 AU/mL, but the antibody concentration of smokers was only 211.8 AU/mL, which was nearly 60% lower than that of non-smokers. Lai Zhiguan, a physician at the Taipei Rong Family Medical Department, pointed out that if people get vaccinated and quit smoking, they can more than double their resistance.

A recent study by the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom also found that smokers are eight times more likely to be hospitalized than non-smokers, and heavy smokers are 10 times more likely to die after contracting the virus. In the face of the resurgence of the epidemic, the Dong Foundation appeals that, in addition to vaccinations, wearing masks and washing hands frequently, in order to protect yourself and your family, you should also decide to quit smoking and reject paper cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, heated cigarettes, and cigars in order to welcome the new year., shisha and other tobacco products, and actively enhance the resistance to new coronary pneumonia.

(Source: World Journal)