Smoking Stats In UK Changing Since Ban

smokers in the UK realise the dangers of their habit

The United Kingdom Office for National Statistics has released information which shows that the number of smokers who say that they want to quit has fallen slightly. According to their figures 67 percent of smokers say that they would be willing to quit compared to 74 percent who wanted to quit in 2007. Mr. Henry Scowcroft from Cancer Research UK explained that this drop in the number who wanted to quit was likely to be linked to the fact that many smokers have already quit since the ban on smoking in public places was introduced in the United Kingdom.

The survey also revealed that smokers in the UK realise the dangers of their habit and 44 percent for example admitted that smoking was the main reason for premature death, and 80 percent said that they knew that secondhand smoke was dangerous and could cause asthma, bronchitis and even lung cancer.

It seems that people are more likely to admit the dangers of smoking to other people than themselves and at Ukmedix News we have written a number of articles about how smokers are often in denial about their habit and therefore play down the health dangers.

Another interesting statistic which this survey revealed was that 50 percent of smokers said that they were going to quit over the next year. So many smokers say that they are going to quit but are just unable to because they are so addicted and that is why it is so important that you never start smoking in the first place.

You should consider the fact that of the thousands of people who die from lung cancer every year the vast majority of them wanted to quit many times before they became ill. There is no time like to present for quitting smoking.

Don’t leave it for another few months because the longer you leave it the stronger your addiction becomes.