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New anti-smoking team launched at Royal Bolton Hospital

A new team has launched at the Royal Bolton HospitalΒ aimed at helping people stop smoking. The people will involved will work with those who smoke when admitted to hospital. Evidence shows this is one of the best time to help people stop the habit. The Bolton NHS Foundation Turst has been supported with funding from Greater Manchester’s treatement programme The Cure Project to reintroduce this service. Tom Monaghan, a matron in respiratory services at the trust said: “Smoking is the leading cause of preventable, disability and illness, […]

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Quit Tobacco mobile app launched

Cancer Institute (WIA) has designed a free mobile application, Quit Tobacco, to support persons in their attempts to abstain from the use of tobacco. Health Minister Ma. Subramanian launched the application on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day on Tuesday. According to a press release, an estimated 28,64,400 persons, aged 15 and above, use tobacco in some form in Tamil Nadu. Of them, almost 50% are concerned about their tobacco usage. But only 38.9% take active steps to quit, while the rest are unable to take […]

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