As COVID-19 has surged throughout the United States for the past year and a half, some may have picked up an old bad habit or started a new one.
How do researchers know this? They discovered that cigarette sales jumped during the first 15 months of the pandemic, exceeding their own estimates by 14%.
It’s not entirely clear whether that’s because current smokers are smoking more, former smokers have restarted or new smokers have joined their ranks. Yet experts are concerned.
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