This year, around 110,000 smokers decided to try the Tobacco Free Month adventure in November, half as many as last year.

If the current health and economic context represents for many a brake, the coronavirus crisis could on the contrary be an additional argument to stop.

The "tobacco-free month" officially began on Sunday.

But this Tobacco Info Service initiative to quit smoking for a month comes in a context of containment and anxiety linked to the coronavirus health crisis.

This therefore makes the task difficult for many French people.

This year, nearly 110,000 French smokers took up the challenge of not lighting cigarettes for a month, half as many as last year.

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"I do not see myself staying at home too much confined without smoking cigarettes to decompress," explains to Europe 1 a cross-smoker at the tobacco shop.

"Fed up with teleworking! Suddenly, I don't even take care of my health," said another.

One package per day, 300 euros per month

The figures show that during the last confinement, in March, a quarter of smokers had even increased their consumption.

However, this context of health and economic crisis can on the contrary be an additional motivating argument, according to doctor Marion Adler, tobacco specialist: "It is all the more necessary that I protect my health. And then I would have all the money. that I put in cigarettes for myself if I quit smoking, "she says.

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The savings amount to more than 300 euros in savings per month for anyone who smokes a pack a day, with a final increase coming into effect on Sunday.

And since the patches or nicotine gum are fully reimbursed, the profit starts with the first cigarette that you no longer light.