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More than 1m in UK quit smoking since COVID-19 pandemic start: study – Business Insider – Business Insider
Almost half (41%) of them said they quit as a direct response to heightened health concerns during the coronavirus pandemic.
Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Saurav Dutt smoked up to six cigarettes a day.
The 38-year-old author from London first took up the habit as a way to unwind from college exams. But as the years went by he found that it helped him focus, and it became essential to his writing process.
“Smoking inspires my writing … and drives me out of dark moods when I hit writer blocks or doubt my efforts,” Dutt told Business Insider.
But as COVID-19 gripped the world, Dutt — who had tried quitting in…
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