{"content":"<section class=\"ffb-id-130vgrv2 icon-box-v3 text-center fg-text-dark\"><h3 class=\"icon-box-v3-title fg-text-dark ffb-title-1\">Treatment to help dependent smokers stop<\/h3><div class=\"icon-box-v3-title-paragraph ff-richtext fg-text-dark ffb-description-2\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Most smokers want to stop but many need help to do so because of their dependence. In the UK, for example, about 70% of smokers each year say they would like to stop but only a third make an attempt, and only 2\u20133% succeed in stopping for at least one year. One major reason for such a low cessation rate is the addictiveness of nicotine. Many smokers need help to stop. However, effective treatments exist, in the form of behavioural support (including telephone help lines) and medications, and need to be made more widely available to smokers. Although their impact on prevalence is low they are important because they help heavier, more dependent smokers, who have the most difficulty stopping and who place a heavier burden on health care services. In England such treatment services are now nationally available to all smokers through the National Health Service, free at the point of use (that is, paid out of general taxation).<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/section>","hash":"650619364784a2c886263cd5b61c2c81","css":"","js":""}