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<p>Smoking is the number one entirely preventable cause of ill-health, disability
and death in this country. It is responsible for 80,000 yearly deaths in the United
Kingdom and one in four of all UK cancer deaths. Smoking is closely associated with
poor mental health and wellbeing, as people with mental health conditions die 10 to
20 years earlier, with smoking contributing significantly to this. Further information
on the wellbeing of smokers aged 18 years old and over, and the relationship between
smoking and mental health, is available respectively at the following links:</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smoking-prevalence-in-adults-current-smokers-aged-over-18-years-by-wellbeing-group-and-region"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smoking-prevalence-in-adults-current-smokers-aged-over-18-years-by-wellbeing-group-and-region</a></p><p><a
href="https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2020/02/26/health-matters-smoking-and-mental-health/"
target="_blank">https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2020/02/26/health-matters-smoking-and-mental-health/</a></p><p>It
also costs our country £17 billion a year, £14 billion of which is through lost productivity
alone. It puts huge pressure on the National Health Service and social care, costing
over £3 billion a year. At the end of quarter three of 2023/24, 37 out of 48 Mental
Health services identified as eligible under the NHS Long Term Plan, are reporting
that they are delivering tobacco dependence treatment services.</p>
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