Working from home may have stopped people from quitting smoking, researchers say
by Josh Salisbury and Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Dec 15, 2023
3 minutes
Working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic may have prevented people from quitting smoking, according to researchers.
The research by UCL showed the decline of smoking stalled during the public health crisis, particularly among more advantaged social groups.
Before Covid, from June 2017 to February 2020, smoking prevalence fell by 5.2 per cent a year - but during the pandemic the annual rate of decline fell to just 0.3 per cent
Researchers have suggested less affluent
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