Professor Mike Kelly, Director of the NICE Centre for Public Health commented: “Smoking is the most important health problem facing the NHS. It’s the leading cause of premature death in England – nearly 80,000 lives are lost each year due to smoking. Treating smoking-related illnesses costs the NHS around £2.7bn each year, and costs society an estimated £13.7bn a year. So it’s a no brainer: we must deal with the problems caused by smoking.”

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