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12/11/2003
NHS to offer free nicotine gum to smokers
Products such as nicotine patches and gum will be given to the NHS for free under a new deal to help at least 10,000 more smokers quit.
Agreements between the government and the major suppliers of smoking cessation products will give all Primary Care Trusts additional support from these suppliers, including free nicotine patches.
The government says that the more that local health services invest in smoking cessation products, the more support they will get to help extra smokers to quit. It is well recognised that using a stop smoking product significantly increases a person's chance of staying cigarette free, the government said.
Smoking is currently the UK's leading cause of preventable death, resulting in around 120,000 deaths a year from cancer, heart disease and other causes.
New figures show that an increasing number of people are stopping smoking after using NHS services. Up to 10% more people successfully quit between April and June 2003 compared to the same period the previous year, according to government data.
Health Secretary John Reid said: "Seven-in-10 smokers want to quit. The figures out today show that these people are getting the support and help they need to give up. Today's agreement will help the NHS to reach our target of 800,000 by 2006."
"I know from personal experience that giving up is difficult - one of the hardest things I've ever done. I know that I needed a huge amount of support to free myself from the addiction, and I am pleased that the NHS offers practical assistance to help people quit."
Quitting smoking reduces the chance of cancer of cardiovascular disease – five years after quitting smoking the risk of a heart attack falls to about half that of a smoker.
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Agreements between the government and the major suppliers of smoking cessation products will give all Primary Care Trusts additional support from these suppliers, including free nicotine patches.
The government says that the more that local health services invest in smoking cessation products, the more support they will get to help extra smokers to quit. It is well recognised that using a stop smoking product significantly increases a person's chance of staying cigarette free, the government said.
Smoking is currently the UK's leading cause of preventable death, resulting in around 120,000 deaths a year from cancer, heart disease and other causes.
New figures show that an increasing number of people are stopping smoking after using NHS services. Up to 10% more people successfully quit between April and June 2003 compared to the same period the previous year, according to government data.
Health Secretary John Reid said: "Seven-in-10 smokers want to quit. The figures out today show that these people are getting the support and help they need to give up. Today's agreement will help the NHS to reach our target of 800,000 by 2006."
"I know from personal experience that giving up is difficult - one of the hardest things I've ever done. I know that I needed a huge amount of support to free myself from the addiction, and I am pleased that the NHS offers practical assistance to help people quit."
Quitting smoking reduces the chance of cancer of cardiovascular disease – five years after quitting smoking the risk of a heart attack falls to about half that of a smoker.
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