what people are dying from is 5G sourced Radiation Pneumonitis
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6071030/
Their results demonstrated that advanced age (OR 1.66, p < 0.0001) and pulmonary comorbidities (OR 2.27, p = 0.007) were significantly associated with the risk of developing RP. They also found that ongoing smoking protects against RP (p = 0.008) and a history of smoking shows borderline to significant protection (p = 0.006).