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Smoking cessation during lockdown was observed in 3.3% of smokers, potentially driven by fear of COVID-19 respiratory complications.
For smokers, the heightened awareness of respiratory health risks during the pandemic may serve as a powerful motivator to quit. Leverage this awareness to support cessation efforts.
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3.3% of smokers decided to quit smoking... This phenomenon could be explained by the fear induced in smokers of the increased risk of respiratory distress and mortality from COVID-19
Why this rating
Observational data; self-reported.
Source
Eating habits and lifestyle Changes during COVID-19 lockdown: an Italian survey
Laura Di Renzo et al. · Research Square · 2020
DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-30403/v1
cross_sectional · n=3533Cited 325×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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