With all respect, that isn't how science works. This article is about forming a hypothesis based on limited available information. Such a hypothesis might pot

With all respect, that isn't how science works. This article is about forming a hypothesis based on limited available information. Such a hypothesis might potentially be useful for designing studies for further investigation or the hypothesis itself might be found to be fundamentally incorrect or contradictory. This step of reviewing evidence for potential hypotheses is essential in order to proceed to meaningful studies later. In this particular case it should be obvious that the core ideas will be extremely controversial as they point in the opposite direction of early advice that people should stop smoking in order to avoid infection and disease progression.