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For example, currently new support to inpatients to quit smoking is helping the NHS to avoid ~£65m in costs. However, if services were being funded at the levels intended following the NHS Long Term Plan [4], it would be avoiding an additional £33m. The gap in investment is ...
“I think anything that makes them not spend that time outside smoking is a positive but if it’s an e-cigarette, as long as the NHS deems that to be safe as an alternative then I think that’s fine.” (UHL 007) A couple of parents commented that nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)...
One approach to support smokers as they quit smoking could be continuous reminders of (a) the frequency or pattern of their smoking; (b) measurements of daily nicotine consumption; and (c) the real-time impact of smoking on physiological variables such as heart rate or blood pressure, ...