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Figures have been released which show that cigarette sales in England and Wales have fallen by around 7% since the smoking ban came into place at the beginning of July.  However, around 3 billion cigarettes were sold in the UK in the four weeks to 28^th July so there is still a huge number of people still addicted to their habit.  It has been suggested that around 700,000 people will quit smoking this year.

We noticed a surge in enquiries for a smoking cessation consultation throughout July and we have prescribed quite a few courses of Champix – the most successful smoking cessation product on the market.  Champix appears to be working well as we have had a high number of repeats where people started out with the starter pack rather than the full 12 week course.

It remains to be seen whether the figure of 700,000 people giving up will be achieved but people are clearly making an effort with sales of anti-smoking books by Alan Carr and Paul McKenna apparently going through the roof. According to The Times, sales of these books have risen by 260% in the UK since the start of the smoking ban and nicotine replacement patches (which are less effective than Champix) have risen by 235%.