NHS: Lancashire spent £1.6m on stop-smoking services last year to help 3,300 people quit
As per the latest figures from the NHS' Stop Smoking Services which have been analysed by Vapourcore.com, some 166,880 people across the UK set a quit smoking date between April and December last year, with more than 50% (86,167 people) having successfully quit smoking by the time of their four-week follow-up.
In total, however, Lancashire's expenditure on crucial stop smoking services came in at around £1,635,184, with the cost for every one of the estimated 3,344 quitters averaging out at £489. Across England, the number of smokers is estimated to be just 1.6m people - the lowest it has ever been.