THE North West has one of the highest numbers of smokers in England at a shocking 16.1 per cent – well above the average in England.
But Warrington is doing better with the second lowest prevalence of smoking among adults in the region at 12.5 per cent – which is below even the overall England average of 14.9 per cent.
Worst offending town in the North West is Blackpool with 22.3 per cent of the population smoking. Manchester (22 per cent) has the next highest smoking rate in the region, followed by Salford (20 per cent).
The figures were sourced from Public Health England from NHS ‘quit smoking’ services and collated by Vape Club for Vaping Awareness Month “VApril” . The data reveals a detailed look at where smoking remains an issue and how successful NHS services have been able to encourage smoking cessation ? the quit rate.
In a recent UK study, participants were taken from NHS “quit smoking” services and were given either the standard available nicotine replacement, or provided with a half using e-cigarettes and half using other nicotine replacement products. It was found that nearly 1 in 5 people (18 per cent) from the vaping sample successfully quit ? compared to 1 in every 10 of quitters using alternative nicotine replacement methods.
According to Public Health England, vaping may be contributing to at least 20,000 smokers quitting every year.
