The experience of some countries in showing that an unprecedented number of smokers have quit during the pandemic presents an opportune moment to push forward the tobacco control agenda to mitigate the adverse health impacts of COVID-19 and sustain implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and MPOWER strategies
Quitting smoking reduces your chances of needing cataract surgery in the future, although you will still face a greater risk for this surgery than non-smokers
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The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) reported in 2015 that nicotine is no more dangerous than the caffeine in a cup of coffee, with 9 out of 10 people (90%) falsely believing nicotine is very harmful to their health
Rates of quit attempts and successfully quitting generally increase as education level rises, with 50% of adult smokers across all education levels attempting to quit, according to data from 2015
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