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One year on from the smoking ban in Bucks
ONE year on from the smoking ban, over half the smokers in Bucks who sought help to kick the habit have been successful
Buckinghamshire Stop Smoking Service (BSSS) has revealed that 56.7 per cent of smokers who sought help from the BSSS have managed to kick the habit in the last year as a result of support and advice from BSSS Stop Smoking advisor and Nicotine Replacement Therapy.
These local findings come as a new national survey is published today looking at the first year of Smokefree England. The report Smokefree England: One Year On summarises key findings from businesses, health workers and the public regarding the Smokefree legislation which was introduced one year ago today.
Val Mills, Buckinghamshire Stop Smoking Service Manager says "We are proud that we have got this far and have helped 1,864 people to quit smoking. The people who really deserve the credit though, are the smokers who worked so hard to quit. Now we're now looking towards the future with our new public brand identity questionnaire on the Buckinghamshire PCT website, designed to gain a better understanding of what makes smokers want to give up for good".
Over the past year, the Buckinghamshire Stop Smoking Service has delivered a range of support activities to help smokers to stub it out. These include running workplace support groups, street posters and billboards, public awareness raising activities with Wycombe Wanderers Football Club, developing an on-line support package for smokers who can't get to clinics, and taking the service out across the county on a convoy of Battle Buses complete with a troop of stop smoking advisors.
The latest efforts from the Buckinghamshire Stop Smoking team focuses on getting the community involved in a simple new online questionnaire on the Buckinghamshire PCT website, designed to provide feedback on what imagery and phrases works best for them when they are trying to quit smoking.
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