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Policy
2. In the 1998 White Paper, Smoking Kills, the Government set out its plan to reduce the overall rate of smoking among adults in all social classes to 24% by 2010, reduce smoking among children (11-15) to 9% by 2010 and improve the health of expectant mothers and their families by reducing smoking among pregnant women from 23% to 15% by 2010.
3. The White Paper also announced the setting up of NHS Smoking Cessation Services. This was further described in the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease. These Smoking Cessation services are located around the country and are designed to offer a local option to those trying to quit smoking. They allow those using the service to receive face-to-face help from a specialist, either on an individual basis or as part of a group. While some services are delivered through GPs and their staff, these services enable GPs to act more often as signposts, without having to be the main resource, thereby reducing the burden on what are already busy schedules.
4. The NHS Cancer Plan 2000 developed some of the ideas in the White Paper and specifically introduced a target to reduce smoking among manual workers from 32% in 1998 to 26% by 2010.