Smoke 100 Cigarettes Right Now If You Want a Vaccine in North Carolina (Kidding, Please Don't) - Gizmodo

Roy Cooper announced that on March 24, the state will start opening vaccine eligibility to Group 4, a large swath that includes people living in group settings, additional frontline workers, and people ages 16-64 with medical conditions that put them at higher risk—among them, asthma, cancer, and “smoking,” which is defined as having smoked 100 cigarettes in the course of a lifetime.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services designated Group 4 medical conditions that put people at higher risk for severe covid-19 illness, as advised by the CDC:.

Starting tomorrow, the state will begin expanding eligibility for Group 3, who, through no fault of their own, are frontline essential workers.

These include people who work in child care centers, grocery stores, manufacturing, food production, transportation, health care, public safety, and government services.