Islington has the third highest proportion of smokers of all London boroughs, according to a recent report by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
The study reveals that 22 per cent of people in Inslington smoke, a figure matched by just three others – Barking and Dagenham, Hammersmith and Fulham and Tower Hamlets.
Meanwhile the boroughs with the lowest proportion of smokers were Richmond, with 11 per cent, and Hounslow and Kingston-upon-Thames with 12 and 13 per cent respectively.
More than 1.1 million adults smoke in London overall – more than one in six . There are nearly 1,000 hospital admissions in the capital each week for diseases directly caused by smoking.
The BHF also analysed success rates for quitting smoking across London. Nearly half (46 per cent) of smokers in Islington who set themselves a quit date with a stop smoking service managed to kick the habit for good.
On average, half of all London smokers who set a quit date with a stop smoking service successfully quit.
The findings come on No Smoking Day, a campaign by the BMH to help people stop smoking.
“Smoking is putting the health of more than a million Londoners at risk, and treating smoking related diseases places huge strain on London hospitals and the health services,” said BHF Associate Medical Director, Dr Mike Knapton.
“Although the varying prevalence of smoking across London’s boroughs is concerning, the important message is that using stop smoking services significantly increases your chances of kicking the habit for good no matter where you live.”
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