Smoking Decline Halts Amidst Surge in Youth Uptake During Post-COVID Era

The decline in smoking rates, a trend observed for decades in England, has hit a stumbling block in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pace of decline in smoking rates, which had previously registered at 5.2 per cent in the pre-pandemic years, has notably decelerated to a mere 0.3 per cent between April 2020 … Read more