Success rates for quitting smoking in England have reached an all-time high
12 January 2018
ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=JBROW12" target="_blank">Dr Jamie Brown and Prof Robert West of the Research Department
of Behavioural Science and Health recently reported that quit
success rates among smokers in England reached a new high during the first six
months of 2017 (19.8%) compared with the average quit rate over the last decade
(15.7%). This improvement was exclusively in those with lower socioeconomic
status. The report was published in the Smoking in Britain journal and
received media coverage from The Guardian and Public Health
England