Smoking in the United Kingdom
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Template:Rescue Tobacco smoking in the United Kingdom is a growing problem. It has been estimated by Cancer Research UK that smoking is the single greatest cause of preventable illness and early death with around 107,000 people dying in 2007 from smoking-related diseases including cancers in the UK. Around 86% of lung cancer deaths in the UK are caused by tobacco smoking and overall tobacco smoking is estimated to be responsible for more than a quarter of cancer deaths in the UK, that is, around 43,000 deaths in 2007.
Smoking Tobacco is legal in the UK.
The National Health Service in the UK currently offers help for smokers in the form of a "Quit Kit".
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