Stopping smoking becomes more popular
There has been a 45 per cent increase in the number of people claiming to have given up smoking in England.
Annual figures published this week (PDF 110K)
show that 297,828 (56 per cent) people who set a quit date in 2004–05
said that they were still not smoking four weeks later. This is a 45
per cent rise over the
previous
year (PDF 430K).
Older people had more success than younger people, with 66 per cent of
those aged 60 years and over claiming success, compared with 39 per cent
of those aged under 18 years.
The number of people who could be confirmed as having given up smoking
was lower, with only 36 per cent of claims being verified by exhaled
carbon monoxide checks in 2004–05. This compares with 35 per cent
in the year before.
Four out of every five people who sought assistance from NHS stop-smoking
schemes had help from nicotine replacement therapy, with a further 6
per cent receiving bupropion. Both treatments were used by 1 per cent. |
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