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After ten year ban, smoker numbers have dropped in UK

───   06:42 Tue, 11 Jul 2017

After ten year ban, smoker numbers have dropped in UK | News Article

It has been ten years since the United Kingdom introduced a ban on smoking inside enclosed public spaces – and the legislation has clearly paid off.


According to research recently released by Cancer Research UK, the number of British smokers has fallen to a new record low of eight million – a decline of roughly two million smokers.


More importantly, Good News Network reports that the legislation is suspected to have caused a dramatic drop in smoking among 16 to 24-year-olds. Adolescent smoking dropped from 26% to 17%, which is the lowest it has ever been.


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