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From: Have there been sustained impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on trends in smoking prevalence, uptake, quitting, use of treatment, and relapse? A monthly population study in England, 2017–2022

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Current smoking, overall and by age and social grade. Panels show trends in the prevalence of current smoking among A adults in England (unweighted n: overall = 101,960, ABC1 = 64,088, C2DE = 37,872), B 18–24-year-olds (unweighted n: overall = 12,455, ABC1 = 7766, C2DE = 4689), and C 45–65-year-olds (unweighted n: overall = 34,332, ABC1 = 22,401, C2DE = 11,931), June 2017 to August 2022. Lines represent modelled weighted prevalence over the study period, adjusted for covariates. Points represent unadjusted weighted prevalence by month. The vertical dashed line indicates the timing of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in England (March 2020). ABC1, managerial/professional/intermediate; C2DE, small employers/lower supervisory/technical/semi-routine/routine/never workers/long-term unemployed

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