The spread of viruses through the air can be reduced by people wearing face coverings. The evidence suggests that face covering reduces with the removal of relevant legislation, partly due to habits not being formed.

This paper from Theme 3 researchers of the PROTECT NCS, and published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, discusses the study which aimed to test whether an intervention designed to help people to form new habits could support people’s face covering during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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