Nitrous Oxide canisters and cigarette butts litter a roadside in Camden Town on February 11, 2017 in London, England. A UK nonprofit reported that 1 million people in the country quit smoking amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Im LONDON - Amid what seem to be constant and troubling negative developments in the COVID-19 crisis, a splash of good health news is coming from the other side of the pond: 1 million people in Britain have stopped smoking since the pandemic began.The milestone was reported by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), a public health charity dedicated to raising awareness of the hazards caused by tobacco use.