The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 267 No 7178 p839-846
15 December 2001

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Smoking cessation services to continue

Smoking cessation services in England will continue next year after funding was announced by the Government. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Hazel Blears said on 11 December that £20m would be invested in 2002–03.

The announcement follows increasing concerns that such services, which have been established throughout the National Health Service, would stop when funding ran out in March next year.

This week's annual report by the Chief Medical Officer for England (see p842) recognises the importance of such services.

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