Yılmazel, Gülay2021-11-012021-11-012021Yılmazel, G. (2021). Nicotine dependence levels in pre and during pandemic and its correlations with COVID?19 phobia among healthy men during controlled social life: A sample of primary care population. International journal of clinical practice, 75(10), e14627.1742-1241https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.14627https://hdl.handle.net/11491/6172To the editor, Tobacco use an important cause of cardiovascular and lung diseases may exacerbate clinical manifestations of COVID-19. Recent evidences indicate that, increased clinical manifestations in COVID-19 patients with smoking compared to non-smokers resulted in intensive care treatment and mechanical ventilation.1-3 Smoking makes individuals prone to complications of COVID-19, due to decreased levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, the host receptor of the virus.4 This situation draws attention to the men with two times higher smoking rates than women in Turkey.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLetter7510e1462710.1111/ijcp.146272-s2.0-8511695908634535057Q1