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In case you’re the kind of person who thrives on negative motivation here is list of statistics that will surely make you want to quit smoking:-
- It is estimated that there are 1.3 billion smokers worldwide, almost 1 million are men – this is equivalent to about one third of the global population aged 15 years and above.
- Among young teenagers (aged 13 to 15), about one in five smokes worldwide.
- Between 80,000 and 100,000 children worldwide start smoking every day - approximately half of whom live in Asia.
- About 15 billion cigarettes are sold daily – equivalent to 10 million every minute.
- Estimated numbers of smokers in millions and smoking prevalence for people aged 15 and over in the world
- About 12 million adults in the UK smoke cigarettes - 28% of men and 24% of women.
- In the UK approximately 450 children start smoking everyday. Smoking rates are highest amongst those aged 20-24 years: 38% men and 34% women
- About one fifth of Britain’s 15 year olds – 18% boys and 26% girls – are regular smokers – despite the fact that it is illegal to sell cigarettes to anyone under 16 years of age
- Deaths caused by smoking are five times higher than the 22,833 deaths arising from: road traffic accidents (3,439), other accidents (8,579), poisoning and overdose (881), alcoholic liver disease (5,121), murder and manslaughter (513), suicide (4,066), and HIV infection (234) in the UK during 2002
- Smoking causes about thirty per cent of all cancer deaths (including around 84% of lung cancer deaths), 17% of all heart disease deaths and at least 80% of deaths from bronchitis and emphysema.
- There are over 38,000 new cases of lung cancer each year in the UK.
- In the UK, around 114,000 smokers die as a result of their habit every year.
On a more positive note :-
During the period April 2006 to March 2007:
- 598,454 people set a quit date through NHS Stop Smoking Services
- At the four week follow-up, 318,674 (53 per cent) of those setting a quit date had successfully quit (based on self-report). This is an substantial increase since 2001/02 when the figure was 119,834, although slightly lower than in 2005/06 (329,681)
- Quarter 4 (January to March 2007) of 2006/07 produced the largest number of quitters in any quarter since data collection began (127,193)
- More women than men set a quit date (333,001 compared with 265,453) and more women than men had successfully quit at the four week follow-up (174,011 compared with 144,663), although the success rate of giving up smoking was slightly higher among men than women (54 per cent and 52 per cent respectively)
- Success at the four week follow-up increased with age, from 36 per cent of those aged under 18, to 63 per cent of those aged 60 and over
- People from ethnic minority groups accounted for six per cent of those setting a quit date in 2006/07 (37,023), compared to three per cent in 2000/01 (4,086)
- 18,278 pregnant women set a quit date through the services, with 9,524 successfully quitting at the four week follow-up, a success rate of 52 per cent
- 495,344 (83 per cent) of those setting a quit date received Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), 27,352 (five per cent) bupropion and 3,802 (one per cent) received both NRT and bupropion. Only 38,326 (six per cent) of people setting a quit date did not receive any smoking cessation aid, while the type of treatment was unknown for six per cent
- Greater Manchester SHA had both the highest number of people setting a quit date (42,786) and highest number of successful quitters at the 4 week follow-up (20,497)
- County Durham and Tees Valley SHA reported the highest number of successful quitters per 100,000 of the population (1,216)
- The cost per quitter was £161 in 2006/07. This is higher than in 2005/06 (£158), but 22 per cent lower than in 2001/02 (£206).
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