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One in ten quit smoking since ban
2:00pm Friday 21st September 2007
SMOKERS in the south west are being urged to quit for good by NHS campaign The Big Quit.
New research shows that one in ten smokers claim to have quit and over half of south west smokers have thought about quitting since the nationwide ban was introduced on July 1.
Quitting smoking is not easy and in response to those that did quit but started smoking again, the NHS Smokefree campaign has joined forces with commercial radio.
Among others, Atlantic FM in Cornwall, Original FM in Bristol, and Orchard FM in Taunton and Yeovil have launched a nationwide campaign encouraging people to quit smoking for good.
Radio stations across the south west are encouraging listeners to sign up to The Big Quit and quit smoking across the region.
Website www.thebigquit.co.uk also offers access to tips and information on local NHS Stop Smoking Services.
Those wanting to quit can call the NHS Smoking helpline on 0800 1699169 where they will find a range of free support.
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Belinda Cunnison, says...
12:39am Sat 22 Sep 07
Or if 10 per cent of smokers have stopped against a 7 per cent drop in smoking, that means that the remaining smokers are smoking more than before. None of this is very surprising.
Belinda Cunnison, says...
12:40am Sat 22 Sep 07
Belinda Cunnison, says...
12:41am Sat 22 Sep 07
Belinda Cunnison, says...
12:42am Sat 22 Sep 07
Or if 10 per cent of smokers have stopped against a 7 per cent drop in smoking, that means that the remaining smokers are smoking more than before. None of this is very surprising.
January, Taunton Somerset says...
4:13pm Sat 22 Sep 07
If a news report stated that studies show that hanging by your thumb for an hour a day is benificial for your health or research shows that the moon is made of cheese,the vast majority of the public accept it as the gospel truth.
When are people going to wake up and start questioning these types of stories and start making decisions for themselves?
Public Spirit, Wiltshire says...
8:04pm Sat 22 Sep 07
Community England under Brown is going to have so much legislation and so little justice for real crime to be tackled that we will have to lock up the nanny state "criminal" and let all the evil doers out to make room for ordinary people!
NEW LABOUR - NEW NANNY STATE! Its all for the community of course so that will make it OK.
JC, says...
9:47pm Sun 23 Sep 07
Stop this pure propaganda that is worthy of a Goebbels but has nothing to do with reality.
Yali, says...
10:31pm Sun 23 Sep 07
modsod, Bath says...
11:13am Mon 24 Sep 07
Yali, says...
4:22pm Tue 25 Sep 07
Paris, Trowbridge says...
3:24am Wed 26 Sep 07
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Kenn, Thames Valley says...
5:27pm Fri 21 Sep 07
Am I alone in being confused totally by this (it doesn't make sense grammatically)? I will eat my hat if 10 % of smokers have stopped smoking since ban. Perhaps another way of expressing the results of this 'research' would be to say that 10 % of smokers claimed to have stopped smoking but hadn't.