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Sharp rise in smoking linked to loneliness in lockdown 7 Feb, 2021 05:11 AM 2 minutes to read Outreach programmes should be offered so ex-smokers don t resume their habit during a crisis, a new study says. Photo / File Outreach programmes should be offered so ex-smokers don t resume their habit during a crisis, a new study says. Photo / File RNZ People who felt distressed and lonely during the country s lockdown last autumn were three times more likely to smoke more, a new study has found. The results of the survey, undertaken by University of Otago, Wellington researchers professor Janet Hoek, Dr Philip Gendall, associate professor James Stanley, Dr Matthew Jenkins and Dr Susanna Every-Palmer, have been published in the international journal, Nicotine and Tobacco Research. ....