Tobacco smoking and older people amid the COVID-19 pandemic: an elephant in the room

Age Ageing. 2021 Nov 10;50(6):1865-1867. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afab170.

Authors

Yao Yao¹, Keyang Liu², Junfeng Zhang³, Hiroyasu Iso², Tai Hing Lam⁴

Affiliations

¹ China Center for Health Development Studies and National School of Development, Peking University, Beijing, China.
² Public Health, Department of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
³ Global Health Institute and the Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Older adults; Smoke free environment; Tobacco control; World No Tobacco Day.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
COVID-19*
Humans
Pandemics* / prevention & control
SARS-CoV-2
Smoking / adverse effects
Smoking / epidemiology
Tobacco Smoking