Smoking and mental illness

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Smoking is a part of everyday life - about 12 million adults in the UK smoke. However, TV, radio and magazine advertisements remind us daily of the hazards of smoking, as around 114,000 smokers die every year because of their habit.

Smoking in the workplace and in public places is being reduced and in some places legislation bans it. This fact sheet provides some information about links between smoking, stress and mental illness. How people with mental illness can stop smoking and where to seek help.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that single copies of individual fact sheets are available free of charge to users of mental health services and their carers, but multiple copies are chargeable to organisations at the rates shown per copy. Photocopying of individual fact sheets by organisations is strictly prohibited.