WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus last year warned smoking increased the severity of respiratory diseases and make people more likely to get gravely ill from Covid-19.
How the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted cigarette smoking rates in the Bay
15 Mar, 2021 06:00 PM
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The number of people who smoke cigarettes in the Bay of Plenty is still decreasing but a doctor says the Covid-19 pandemic has acted as a handbrake. It comes after the revelation more than a quarter of the 500,000 Kiwis who smoke said their cigarette intake increased during alert level 4 last year.
Tauranga s Fifth Avenue Family Practice had 1.2 per cent of the practice s entire clientele give up smoking in the year to March 2020, with 727 then-current smokers.
In the 12 months since, the total number of smokers has dropped 719, a reduction of 0.3 per cent.
Friday, 1 January 2021, 6:26 am | Quitline Quitline clinical lead Lyndy Matthews says if we want to help friends and family
achieve their New Year quit smoking resolutions, we may need to change the way we
support them. Almost 26,000 smokers reached out to Quitline for help in the year . More
Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 9:48 am | Quitline It’s now even easier to get help and support from Quitline via text anytime, anywhere.
Texting is a convenient way to communicate and for some makes for an easy first step
when reaching out for help. Anyone can free text to enrol in a quit smoking program, . More