Record number of people in Northamptonshire end up in hospital as a result of smoking

The charity Action on Smoking and Health says the increase in smoking-related hospital admissions places a “real burden” on the NHS, and calls on the Government to do more to help smokers.

Professor Chris Whitty, the Chief Medical Officer for England, has previously warned that smokers are also at greater risk from coronavirus.

Data from Public Health England shows there were 7,670 admissions to hospital attributable to smoking in Northamptonshire in 2018-19 – a six per cent rise on the year before. Over the 11-year period, 68,000 people were hospitalised.