An NHS survey has revealed that over half of smokers in the UK underestimate the risks associated with smoking conventional cigarettes. The survey, published by Smokefree, found that 53% of smokers underestimated the number of smoking related deaths in the UK by at least 70,000. The actual number of smoking related deaths is over 80,000.
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Half of smokers underestimate risks associated with smoking cigarettes
30 Jan 2012 14:01:32
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Failure of quit smoking service strengthens calls for a new approach
17 Aug 2011 10:00:44
New figures that show less than half of smokers succeed in quitting through NHS services have strengthened calls for a radical rethink of the UK’s failing approach to smoking cessation.
The NHS Information Centre announced today that 788,000 people used quit smoking services in England this year at a cost of £84.3m but more than half of them (384,000) returned to smoking shortly afterwards. Even among those who did quit, many are likely to have returned to smoking in the subsequent months.
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