Smokers quit in record numbers amid Covid fears
Glancing at the numbers there may, ironically, be less life years lost through covid than life years saved through stopping smoking<p>Covid: Maybe 70k deaths, 11 years lost on average = 770k years<p>Smoking 1 million, say 5 years saved = 5000k years<p>(the 5 years is a guess, I think the real figure is nearer 10, the 11 years is from <a href="https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/05/02/would-most-covid-19-victims-have-died-soon-without-the-virus" rel="nofollow">https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/05/02/would-mo...</a>)