Seventy-four thousand six hundred people died from smoking in England in 2019. That’s one person every seven minutes. Another 408,700 ended up in hospital because of smoking-related illnesses in 2022/23. Half of all life-long smokers die early, losing on average 10 years of life.
The numbers get worse when you look at who’s trying to quit. 335,288 people got referred to Stop Smoking…


