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169,000 quit attempts in the North East in 2025, as Fresh urges people who smoke to join the Smokefree Generation
New figures released to mark National No Smoking Day (11 March) show that around 169,000 people in the North East tried to quit smoking in 2025. Analysis from UCL’s Smoking Toolkit Study found that among people aged 16 and over in the North East surveyed in 2025 who had smoked in the past year, 46.4% […]
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I Wish I Could Turn Back Time’: A Mother’s Fight Against Tobacco Addiction and Lung Cancer
Cathy Hunt, a mum of four from County Durham, was diagnosed with lung cancer in May 2015 and ended up with half a lung removed. She had to break the news to her teenage daughters and even recorded a goodbye video in case she did not survive her operation. “For too long, smoking has been […]
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