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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ella Pickover

NHS hospital stop-smoking services criticised in new audit

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More must be done to help smokers in hospital kick the habit, a new review has concluded after it found that less than 1% of smokers manage to quit after a hospital stay.

The British Thoracic Society’s (BTS) audit of hospital-based services which help people quit smoking found that “little” progress has been made to help smokers who are in hospital get the help they need to quit.

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