Smoking

Smoking is the United Kingdom’s single greatest cause of preventable illness and early death. More than 120,000 people a year in the United Kingdom die from smoking. Currently about 13 million adults in this country smoke. British people smoke more cigarettes per person than the European average and a higher proportion of deaths are caused by smoking in the United Kingdom than in any other country. Passive smoking kills hundreds of people every year and causes misery for many. Smoking costs the National Health Service (NHS) up to £1.7 billion each year.

Advice on the effects of smoking and how to give it up can be found at http://gosmokefree.nhs.uk.

At today’s rates, a 20-per-day smoker will spend more than £37,000 over the next 20 years on cigarettes. Use the NHS Cost of Smoking Calculator to estimate how much money you could save if you gave up smoking: http://gosmokefree.nhs.uk/quit-tools/cost-calculator.

Giving up smoking is one of the single most beneficial things you can do for your immediate and long term health. Unfortunately, the insidious nature of nicotine addiction also makes giving up smoking one of the hardest things to do. Find out how to do it at http://gosmokefree.nhs.uk/what-suits-me.

Remember - England went smoke-free on 1 July 2007. It is now illegal to smoke in public places.

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