Smoking quit rates highest in 10 years

  Success rates for quitting smoking are at their highest level for a decade, according to a new report. Nearly one in five (19.8%) quit attempts were successful in the first half of 2017, up from an average of 15.7% over the last decade. The figures come from researchers at University College London with Cancer Research UK supporting the study.  George Butterworth, Cancer Research UK’s tobacco policy manager, welcomed the report and said some of the success can be attributed to e-cigarettes. €œResearch has shown that e-cigarettes are the most popular way to quit. The evidence so far tells us they’re much safer than