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50,000 West Midlands smokers said it was their time to quit

More than 50,000 smokers in West Midlands said it was their time to quit smoking seven weeks ago on No Smoking Day (Wed 9 March 2011) according to a new research commissioned by the No Smoking Day charity.
In addition, over 180,000 smokers in the West Midlands region made a positive step towards quitting on the Day, by planning their quit journey, looking for information on quitting, smoking less than usual,...

100,000 smokers in the North West said it was their time to quit

Almost 100,000 North West smokers said it was their time to quit smoking seven weeks ago on No Smoking Day (Wed 9 March 2011) according to a new research commissioned by the No Smoking Day charity.
In addition, 260,000 smokers in the North West made a positive step towards quitting on the Day, by planning their quit journey, looking for information on quitting, smoking less than usual, taking part in a No...

60,000 Scots said it was their time to quit

More than 60,000 Scottish smokers said it was their time to quit smoking seven weeks ago on No Smoking Day (Wed 9 March 2011) according to a new research commissioned by the No Smoking Day charity.
In addition, almost 200,000 Scottish smokers made a positive step towards quitting on the Day, by planning their quit journey, looking for information on quitting, smoking less than usual, taking part in a No Smoking...

Women twice as likely to quit smoking than men

Women were twice as likely to stop smoking on No Smoking Day (Wednesday 9 March 2011) than men according to a new survey commissioned by the No Smoking Day charity.
Latest results show that nearly 400,000 women compared to 200,000 men made a quit attempt on the UK’s biggest stop smoking awareness campaign, this year asking smokers ‘Is it your time to quit?’.

In addition, almost 2 million (20%) adult smokers...

One of your five a day good for kissing too

Getting ready to pucker up this Valentine’s weekend? Best to get minty fresh or have a piece of fruit, avoid mornings and smoking, according to a new survey [1] about kissing from the No Smoking Day charity.
Over a third of the nation would prefer a minty kiss (38%), with a fifth (20%) preferring to get fruity when locking lips. A popular song may have influenced the 11% of men who declared cherry or other...

Soul star Lemar launches competition to help young people say no to smoking

Good morning!

Today soul star Lemar announced the launch of national anti-smoking charity The Deborah Hutton Campaign's new competition called Cut Films, in conjunction with No Smoking Day, which challenges young people to make a short creative film about ‘why smoking isn’t cool’.

Watch his film here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88eoqKhu5JQ

Please find the...

Soul star Lemar launches competition to help young people say no to smoking

Good morning!

Today soul star Lemar announced the launch of national anti-smoking charity The Deborah Hutton Campaign's new competition called Cut Films, in conjunction with No Smoking Day, which challenges young people to make a short creative film about ‘why smoking isn’t cool’.

Watch his film here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88eoqKhu5JQ

Please find the...

Embargoed press release: White van man struggles to quit

Embargoed 10th March 2010

Research to mark No Smoking Day tomorrow (10 March) shows smoking is increasingly the preserve of routine and manual groups in Britain. Van drivers, builders and secretaries are now twice as likely to smoke as people in managerial and professional occupations, including doctors and teachers.

The research, conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), highlights a rapid fall in...