Editorial
Helping people to stop smoking: the new smoking cessation guidelines
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Cigarette smoking is probably the most
damaging of all voluntary human behaviour. Half of all smokers die
prematurely as a consequence of their own smoking,1 and in
1995 in the UK alone smoking accounted for over 120 000 deaths, of
which about 65 000 were due to respiratory disease.2 In
addition to the harm caused to smokers themselves, passive exposure of
other adults to cigarette smoke is associated with increased
respiratory morbidity3 and an increased risk of lung
cancer and heart disease,4 5 whilst children brought up
by parents who smoke are more likely to experience lower respiratory
illness in infancy,6 sudden infant death,7 and middle ear disease, wheezy bronchitis and exacerbation of asthma in
childhood.8-10 In addition to these direct effects of tobacco smoke, cigarette smoking affects health indirectly through the
cost to the individual of sustaining their smoking habit, which
contributes to financial hardship and consequent deprivation of smokers
and their dependents.
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