Coronavirus pushing more smokers to quit habit


SHANGHAI: Smokers have become more willing to quit amid the Covid-19 outbreak as health becomes a priority, according to a recent survey and related studies by an institute affiliated with Fudan University in Shanghai.

The survey, which was published on Saturday ahead of this year’s World No Tobacco Day on Sunday, showed that around 18% of its respondents said they had a stronger willingness to quit smoking after the epidemic outbreak, while 14% said they had attempted to abandon smoking in recent months.

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