At six months, more people who received the intervention had quit smoking compared with people who received advice only. Researchers have said this suggests that A&E could be a useful setting in which to help people quit smoking.
The findings may encourage the implementation of stop-smoking initiatives wherever people interact with the health service, including in A&E.
Smoking services in A&E
According to the Office for National Statistics in 2022, around 6.4m people in the UK smoked. Smoking-related illnesses, including respiratory diseases, cancer and heart disease, caused around 74,600 deaths in 2019 and more than 408,000 hospital admissions from 2022 to 2023 in England.
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