NUMBER OF SMOKERS USING NHS SERVICES TO QUIT HALVES

摘要

The number of smokers who quit smoking through the NHS Stop Smoking Service will halve in England in 2014-2015, according to a UCL School of Pharmacy report, launched on 4 March 2015. The decline follows reorganisation of the NHS in 2013 and insufficient investment in advertising for the service. In 2011-2012, there were 400,000 successful quit attempts using the service but this number is likely to drop to just over 200,000 in 2014-2015, the report estimates.