‘Million smokers quit’ during COVID-19 crisis in UK

A group charity action on smoking says more than one million people in the UK have given up smoking since the pandemic hit, the country.

41 per cent of those who quit in the previous four months, said it was in direct response to corona virus.

That may have been down to a range of factors including health concerns, access to tobacco while isolating or no longer smoking socially.

Separately, University College London (UCL) found more people quit smoking in the year to June 2020 than in any year since its survey began in 2007.

Government advice says smokers may be at risk of more severe COVID symptoms.