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No Smoking Day Challenges 12 Million To Kick The Habit
Community Pharmacist Gives Top Tips on How to Quit Successfully Wednesday 10th March was No Smoking Day. Almost 4 years ago, the smoking ban was introduced with the aim of making life difficult enough for smokers to consider quitting. But has it really worked and what is the best way to kick the habit? NHS Information Centre figures show that 19,473 fewer smokers had managed to kick the habit compared with 2007/08. The number of pregnant women who successfully stopped smoking also dropped, falling 12% to 8,641. Compared with the year the smoking ban was introduced in 2006/07, the latest data shows 71,000 more people tried to quit over the past year and 17,000 more people were successful. This year’s ‘No Smoking Day’ campaign theme, Break free, helps, acknowledges that No Smoking Day is the time for smokers to break free from their smoking habit and escape their chains of addiction. Due to problems with spam only SalfordOnline members can now leave comments. Becoming a member of SalfordOnline only takes a minute, just hit the red Join Us button at the top right hand side of the page to create your Personal account. Got a news story? Need help with publicity for an event in Salford? Send it to newsdesk@salfordonline.com or call the SalfordOnline newsdesk on 0161 789 5377. |
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