as many as 400,000 men and women were successful in quitting smoking last year

It has been a whole year since the smoking ban in all public places was enforced in England and the preliminary results show that the number of individuals who quit this year has increased drastically as a result showing how effective smoking bans are. One survey which we studied at the Ukmedix Newsroom shows that as many as 400,000 men and women were successful in quitting smoking last year as a direct consequence of the smoking ban. Other researchers say the smoking ban could save around 40,000 lives over the next 10 years.

Professor Robert West who conducted this research on behalf of the Health Behaviour Research Unit noted that the smoking ban has had a much bigger impact on smoking cessation rates than it was previously expected. He noted that the smoking ban had help people from all social backgrounds to increase the number of successful quitters.

Another survey conducted by the British Lung Foundation shows that people who suffer from respiratory problems and lung disease have found that they are now able to go to public places and have suffered far less breathlessness attacks due to secondhand smoking in the past year. Other statistics show that since Wales introduced a ban smoking in public places the numbers of men and women suffering from heart attacks have fallen by over ten percent. Sales of cigarettes are also down in the United Kingdom with almost 2 million less cigarettes sold this year compared to last year.

Jean King of who is the director of tobacco control for the charity Cancer Research UK said that it was important that people realised that over 50 percent of all smokers will die as a result of their habit and therefore the rules banning smoking in public places must be enforced.

Ukmedix News now believes that it is clear that the smoking ban has had an extremely positive and beneficial effect on the health of England as a whole and this will be shown in the reduced admissions to hospitals in the near future for illnesses such as heart disease, lung cancer, emphysema and a host of other life threatening illnesses.