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Increase in number of people using NHS smoking cessation services.
Jump to full article: STV (uk), 2009-05-26
Intro: New figures have revealed that more smokers in Scotland are attempting to quit.
The figures, released by the NHS Information Services Division, show that 4.8% of smokers attempted to quit using an NHS smoking cessation service during 2008 - up from 4.2% in 2007.
Key findings of the statistics include the fact that 14% more quit attempts were made in 2008, up from 44,019 to 50,121. They also found that 44% of quit attempts were made using pharmacy-based smoking cessation services and that 38% were still smoke-free a month after quitting.
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