Lockdown reverses 40-year decline in smoking
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A surge in smoking among young people during the pandemic has put a 40-year decline in the habit into reverse, a study by a former Government health adviser has found.
The report projected 600,000 more smokers than previously envisaged next year as more people have taken up smoking to cope with the stress of unemployment and mental ill health during the pandemic.
This means that it will be ‘virtually impossible’ for the Government to meet one of its key health targets of reducing smoking to f...
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