Compared with benchmark Smoking attributable mortality (Persons 35+ yrs) 2022 - 24 Source: OHID, based on Office for National Statistics data A similar pattern occurs for deaths from heart disease that are attributable to smoking with 61.2 deaths in Hull compared to 44.6 deaths in North East Lincolnshire per 100,000 population aged 35+ years which has the second highest mortality rate in the region (37% higher in Hull)
These factors run counter to the narrative that the tobacco habit is an extraneous force, demanding simplistic interventions aimed at propping up willpower-backed quit attemptsfollowed, when such interventions predictably fail, by pinning the blame on communities themselves with overarching terms such as low desire to quit. Until the underlying causes of tobacco useand the roles nicotine plays in peoples livesare accepted, understood and addressed, efforts to reduce the tobacco health burden will continue to fail
www.cdc.gov/tobacco/stateandcommunity/best_practices Make tobacco cessation treatments more available to people who want to quit
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