NHS Confederation Comments On Smoking Statistics

Main Category: Smoking / Quit Smoking
Article Date: 23 Aug 2010 - 2:00 PDT

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NHS Confederation deputy director of policy Jo Webber comments on the publication by annual smoking statistics from 2009/2010 the NHS Information Centre. She said: "These figures show that more people than ever before are giving up smoking and that the NHS is playing its part in helping them to kick the habit.

"The NHS needs to find between £15-20 billion in savings over the next four years but it is important that in doing so the real benefits of these kinds of public health services are not forgotten. In the long run encouraging smokers to quit saves the health service money as well as vastly improving the quality of life of the people involved."

Notes

1. The figures show that at the four-week follow-up stage, 373,954 people reported that they had successfully kicked the habit during the year - 49 per cent of the 757,537 people who used NHS smoking services during the year.

2. This was an 11 per cent increase on 2008/09 when 337,054 successfully quit and the highest number ever recorded in a year for the service.

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NHS Confederation

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