Will Cigarette Companies Save Us From COVID-19?

Although there are many companies pursuing a vaccine for COVID-19, the tobacco industry may be one of the more surprising combatants in this battle.

Both British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI) and Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) are working on a vaccine for the disease. That's ironic because not only are tobacco companies routinely vilified for the harm to health their primary products cause, but also because smokers have an elevated risk of contracting the coronavirus.

Yet it might be the very nature of their association that could allow them to succeed.

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