<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2184-0628</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Gazeta Médica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Gaz Med]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2184-0628</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Círculo Médico]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2184-06282021000100017</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29315/gm.v8i1.400</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[COVID-19: Uma Oportunidade para Deixar de Fumar]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19: An Opportunity to Quit Smoking]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Costa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luís Paulo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,USF Terras de Cira  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Vila Franca de Xira ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>8</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>17</fpage>
<lpage>19</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2184-06282021000100017&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2184-06282021000100017&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2184-06282021000100017&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo A evidência atual sugere haver uma relação entre tabagismo e a gravidade da COVID-19, havendo uma maior morta lidade nos doentes com COVID-19 que sejam fumadores. Também o risco de contágio pelo SARS-CoV-2 está aumen tado nos fumadores quer pelo gesto de fumar com consequente contacto mão-boca quer pela partilha de produtos do tabaco. A pandemia COVID-19 pode representar uma oportunidade para fortalecer as políticas de prevenção e controlo do tabagismo e surge como um momento oportuno para encorajar e apoiar os fumadores à cessação tabágica. O reconhecimento de que o novo coronavírus poderá ter consequências mais graves nos fumadores, e que deixar de fumar diminui esse risco, parece estar relacionado com uma maior motivação para deixar de fumar. Estudos mostraram um aumento das taxas de cessação tabágica durante a pandemia COVID-19.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Current evidence suggests that there is a relationship between smoking and the severity of COVID-19, with higher mortality in patients with COVID-19 who are smokers. Also the risk of contagion by SARS-CoV-2 is increased in smokers, either by the gesture of smoking with consequent hand-mouth contact or by sharing tobacco products. The COVID-19 pandemic can represent an opportunity to strengthen smoking prevention and control policies and appears as an opportune time to encourage and support smokers to quit. The recognition that the new coronavirus may have more serious consequences for smokers, and that quitting reduces this risk, seems to be related to a greater motivation to quit. Studies have shown an increase in smoking cessation rates during the COVID-19 pandemic.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Cessação Tabágica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Infeções por Coronavírus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[SARS-CoV-2]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Coronavirus Infections]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[SARS-CoV-2]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Tobacco Use Cessation]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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