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Further information

NHS smoking help line
Tel: 0800 169 0 169

ASH
102 Clifton Street
London
EC2A 4HW
Tel: 020 7739 5902
www.ash.org.uk

Quit, Quit Line & Asian Quit Line
Victory House
170 Tottenham Court Road
London
W1T 7NR
Tel: 0800 002200


 

References

Information from ASH (Action on smoking and health)

ONS General Household Survey

Department of Health

Health Education Authority (UK) - Lifesaver

Cancer Research Campaign (1996) - Lung cancer and smoking - UK factsheet.

Wiencke, J.K. et al. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1999; vol. 91; no. 7:614-619
The UK Smoking Epidemic - Deaths in 1995.  Health Education Authority, 1998. 

Doll, R and Peto, R. Mortality in relation to smoking. Br Med J. 1976; 4:1525-36

Cole, CW et al Cigarette smoking and peripheral arterial occlusive disease.  Surgery 1993; 114:753-757

Nicotine Addiction in Britain. A report of the Royal College of Physicians, February 2000.
 
Freeth, S. Smoking related behaviour and attitudes, 1997.  Office for National Statistics, 1998.

Cigars: Health effects and trends.  National Cancer Institute, 1998.

Royal College of Physicians. Nicotine Addiction in Britain. 2000

Joffe, I. Cigarette smoking and facial wrinkling. (letter) Annals of Internal Medicine, 1991; 115:659

Mizoue, T et al. Body mass decrease after initial gain following smoking cessation. Int. J Epidemiology. 1998; 27:984-988

Shimokata, H et al. Studies in the distribution of body fat. JAMA, 1989; 261:1169-73


   


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