Are smokers less prone to get attacked by the swine flu virus?

the following article lists out the "People at High Risk for Developing Flu-Related Complications" and as Smoking is a cause for a lot of them its safe to assume that smoking will only exacerbate the problem. read more

Therefore, as flu primarily attacks the respiratory tract, smokers are much more likely to catch the flu virus than non-smokers. Smokers are also more prone to get complications of flu such as pneumonia and the mortality rate due to influenza is significantly higher in smokers than in non-smokers. read more

As with the garden-variety flu, there are some people who are more likely to be severely affected by the swine flu. These people are more likely to get very ill, require hospitalization, and more likely to die. People at higher risk have one thing in common. read more