Jump to full article: Sky News (au), 2009-11-29
Intro: More and more people are trying to give up smoking - but new research suggests the habit is still as hard as ever to kick.
Up to 66 per cent of NSW smokers will try to quit in the next six months - seven per cent more than in 2005 - according to the Cancer Institute NSW's Smoking and Health Survey 2009.
Hard-hitting campaigns, health warnings and new laws governing the sale of tobacco are helping persuade a greater number to make the effort, the report says.
But smokers still struggle to turn good intentions into reality.
'While large numbers of smokers understand the health risks of smoking and want to quit, doing so is still seen as relatively difficult,' the survey says.
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