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Cafe smoking ban encourages more to stop

Friday 03 July 2009

Some 1.2 million people tried to stop smoking between April 2008 and this April - or one third of the total smoking population, according to Maastricht University research.

But before the smoking ban was introduced in July, some 900,000 people a year would attempt to quit the habit, the research showed.

Of the people who have tried to stop since last April, one-third managed to quit for good.

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I supose the rest of the smoking population are holed up in the Groningen cafe that got the smoking ban overturned

By Mark Gilligan | July 3, 2009 7:09 PM

"the rest of the smoking population are holed up in the Groningen"
What a novel idea! Just make sure the hole is deep enough so the smoke doesn't get out into our air.

By Sam | July 4, 2009 4:41 PM

smoking should be our biggest problem. the same people that want to legalise every other vice despise smoking. live and let live. every one has his time.

By zevadia | July 6, 2009 12:08 AM

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