More than 40,000 Yorkshire 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, 140,000 smokers in the Yorkshire and Humber region 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 Day event or using the charity’s dedicated website for quitters – www.WeQuit.co.uk
Latest results also 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?’.
Amit Aggarwal, Chief Executive of the No Smoking Day charity said: “Congratulations to all those people in Yorkshire who managed to quit smoking on No Smoking Day (9 March). Stopping smoking is the single best thing you can do for your health.
“This year, we saw double...