Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Smoking quit rates have not budged, but cost of service has risen

Smoking quit rates have not budged, but cost of service has risen - News - OnMedica


The number of attempts to give up smoking using NHS services 2010/11 is more than three times as high as it was 10 years ago, show the latest set of figures from The NHS Information Centre show.
But the overall success rate has not budged in the past two years, and is lower than it was in 2001/2, while the Government is having to stump up £60 million more for the service.
The figures include information on the number of quit dates set and the number of successful quit attempts at the four week follow up for the period April 2010 to March 2011.

Mostly just stuck in here for truth.
I have nothing funny or sarcastic to say about it.