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More smokers quit after ban on lighting up in public places
21/08/2008
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| The ban on smoking in public places has caused a surge in the number of smokers quitting, according to official figures. The number of quitters rose by 10 per cent in 2007/8 compared with the previous year. The ban on smoking in bars, pubs and restaurants came into effect in England in July last year, following similar moves in the rest of the UK. |
Data from the NHS Information Centre shows 350,800 people successfully stopped smoking, compared to 319,720 the previous year. Just over half those who tried to stop were successful, which is defined as not having smoked for a month. The NHS spent £61m on stop smoking services in 2007/8 - a rise of £10m on the year before and up by £36m in six years. Although more women tried to stop smoking, men were more successful, the figures show. Older people were more successful at quitting than those under 18. Almost 19,000 pregnant women tried to stop smoking and 52 per cent were successful. Seventy per cent people trying to give up were given Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) such as nicotine patches, gum or nasal spray. Chief Executive of The NHS Information Centre, Tim Straughan, said: "Our figures show the NHS is spending millions more pounds on NHS Stop Smoking Services, while thousands more smokers are successfully kicking the habit."
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