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Synopsis: Making sense of smoking cessation
| Abstract |
Reducing smoking has continued to be a major issue for public bodies and this has been reflected in the local area agreement (LAA) process.
- Smoking is the main cause of premature deaths in Britain.
- It costs the National Health Service (NHS) about £1.5 billion a year to treat smoking-related illness.
- The cost of NHS stop smoking services is £61 million a year
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| Date published | January 2009 |
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