Aug 02, 2020 09:00:00

Report that '1 in 6 smokers quit smoking' by the new coronavirus

The total infected persons the number of 30 million people of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the death toll is 45,000 people

recorded in the United Kingdom who, finding that 'more than a million people quit smoking' have been reported It was. A growing number of people quit smoking because of concerns that 'the burden of smoking on respiratory equipment exacerbates COVID-19.'

A million people have stopped smoking since the COVID pandemic hit Britain-Action on Smoking and Health
https://ash.org.uk/media-and-news/press-releases-media-and-news/pandemicmillion/

Tobacco has been known to cause various cancers such as lung cancer, stroke, and heart disease, but as research on COVID-19 progresses, a new ``smoking increases the risk of serious disease of COVID-19'' Many research results have been announced.

Some experts say that smoking is related to the exacerbation of new coronavirus infections, and some experts argue that if you want to survive, you should stop smoking 100%-GIGAZINE

Based on these research results, WHO and others have recommended 'no smoking' as a measure against COVID-19. The Japanese Respiratory Society strongly recommends smoking cessation as 'smoking is the greatest risk of severe coronary virus pneumonia.'

New coronavirus infection and tobacco
(PDF file) https://www.jrs.or.jp/uploads/uploads/files/koronatotabako.pdf

Under such circumstances, it has been reported that smoking cessation has become popular in the United Kingdom, where COVID-19 has raged. More than one million people have quit smoking in the UK since the COVID-19 epidemic, according to a joint study by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and the College College London on tobacco. That. By age, approximately 400,000 people in the 16-29 age group, approximately 400,000 in the 30-49 age group, and 240,000 in the 50+ age group quit smoking. The number of non-smoking persons over the age of 50 is small because the original smoking rate is low. The total number of people who tried to quit smoking but failed was about 440,000.

According to the United Kingdom National Bureau of Statistics (PDF file) Tobacco Statistical Survey , the smoking rate in the United Kingdom as of 2018 was 14.4% and the number of smokers was 5.9 million. Converted from that, it is calculated that approximately 1 in 6 people quit smoking due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

ASH is planning to launch a campaign to quit smoking due to the problem of COVID-19, said Deborah Arnott of the organization ``It seems that more than 1 million people have succeeded in quitting smoking, but still smoking The new smoking cessation campaign is aimed at encouraging those who have not succeeded in quitting smoking to make the decision “Today is the day to quit”. '.