Australians Smoke and Vape More During Early Stage of Covid-19, Researchers Say

Australians Smoke and Vape More During Early Stage of Covid-19, Researchers Say
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Pandemic public measures such as lockdown may have made it harder for Australians wanting to quit smoking and even led people to resort to smoking as a way to reduce stress during the early stages of COVID-19.

That is the speculation of a group of researchers from the University of Queensland’s Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS).

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