Smokers should be helped to quit unless they opt-out, doctors say 20/05/2021, 12:07 am
A report calls for people to be offered support to stop smoking as the default NHS option (PA)
Smokers should be given advice and treatment to quit their habit unless they actively opt-out, according to a new report.
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) said that while many smokers are offered help with quitting by the NHS, an opt-out system could double the uptake of the service.
It said the health service should provide “opt-out smoking cessation services to all smokers at any point of contact with the NHS”, while pregnant women should be given financial incentives to quit.
Smokers should be helped to quit unless they opt-out, doctors say
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