Statistics show unprecedented demand for Stop Smoking Services Around 165,000 smokers quit between April and September 2007 – an increase of 28 per cent compared to the same period the previous year, according to new statistics out yesterday. The statistics, recorded by the NHS Stop Smoking Service, are the first to show the impact of the Smokefree legislation which came into force on 1 July 2007.

Nearly 165,000 smokers managed to kick the habit in the summer of 2007 with the help of NHS Stop Smoking Services, a report by The Information Centre for health and social care (The IC) revealed yesterday.Half the 327,800 who used the service successfully quit between April and September 2007, a period which coincided with the introduction of the smoking ban in most public places in England on July 1.

With less than 200 days left before the “smoke-free Beijing Olympics” open. A Beijing official recently announced that “the provisions to ban smoking in public places in Beijing” will go into effect in Beijing office spaces, restaurants, and hotels. The new smoking ban will affect at least 4 million smokers in Beijing. In China, there are approximately 350 million smokers; and more than 100,000 people die each year from second hand smoke.

It’s a staggering statistic: 700 million children – almost half of the world’s youth – breathe air polluted by tobacco smoke. People who smoke in confined spaces like the home or the car subject others to a dangerous mix of toxins including nicotine, carbon monoxide, and cyanide, even when the windows are open.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered the first genetic evidence that secondhand smoke can worsen lung disease. The report in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association describes one gene variation that can weaken lung function as well as shorten the lifespan of those affected by cystic fibrosis and also are exposed to secondhand smoke.

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