Posted on Saturday, 26th December 2009 by admin

Smokers are being offered a free “quit kit”, featuring calming audio downloads and a stress toy, in an effort to help them kick their habit in the new year. The NHS Stop Smoking Quit Kit, ordered online or over the phone, will provide smokers with a range of aids to help them to give up, [...]

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Posted on Tuesday, 6th October 2009 by admin

New figures indicate that smoking is costing the NHS in Wales more than £7m every week. A report commissioned by Ash Wales and British Heart Foundation Cymru reveals that smoking related diseases cost NHS Wales an estimated £386m in 2007/08. Smoking accounts for around 22% of adult hospital admission costs, over £235m every year, the [...]

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