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• NHS CUTS HALT CIGS CRUSADE 

Jump to full article: Sunday Mirror (uk), 2006-09-17

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A CAMPAIGN to help NHS nurses quit smoking has been scrapped by the Health Department because of budget cuts.

Under the Choosing Health drive, nurses who smoked were to be targeted with nicotine replacement therapy, anti-smoking support and a phone helpline.

The idea was to make them role models for patients who wanted to quit. But the Royal College of Nursing revealed the project has now been put on hold because the Department of Health has withdrawn its funding.

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