Cigarettes for fruit

THE Torrecardenas University Hospital celebrated World Day without Tobacco on May 31.

In addition, different events were carried out all over Almeria with the installation of information tables about smoking cessation and offering smokers an exchange of cigarettes for pieces of fruit donated by the Caparrós agricultural company.

Under a new system which registers the smoking habits of people, the total number of people who registered as smokers in Andalucia during 2022 was 170,424, of which 10,796 smokers (6,086 men and 4,710 women), this figure represents 29.22 per cent of registered users.

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Some 18,318 are registered as nonsmokers (7,349 men and 10,969 women) representing 49.59 per cent of registered users; 7,575 are registered as ex­smokers (5,440 men and 2,135 women) representing 20.50 per cent of registered users.

In addition, 1,973 passive smokers (921 men and 1,052 women) have been registered.

If you would like help quitting smoking, you can contact the Tobacco Information Helpline on freephone 900 850 300, 24 hours a day. The Helpline, managed by Salud Responde, has received 32,057 calls since its inception in 2005 up to December 2022.