Some 630,000 smokers gave up smoking
in Italy during the coronavirus lockdown according to figure
released Friday by the Higher Health Institute (ISS), the Mario
Negri Institute, the San Raffaele Hospital, the cancer
prevention group ISPRO and other bodies.
Smokers have now fallen to 9.8 million or 18.4% of the
population said the survey carried out by research company Doxa
ahead of World No Tobacco Day on May 31.
At the same time, the number of e-cigarette users rose by
436,000 during lockdown.
This was a rise of one percent, from 8.1% to 9.1%.
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