Humber Alliance on Tobacco
Making non-smoking the norm
HALT is a multi agency partnership with a holistic approach to tackling the public health issues of tobacco
Welcome to Halt
HALT is a highly regarded, multi agency Alliance working to reduce smoking prevalence and therefore health inequalities in Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire. The area has some of the highest smoking prevalence rates in the country for young people and adults, however HALT is committed through effective partnership working and the development and delivery of innovative and successful interventions to reverse this trend.
10 High Impact Changes
Welcome to the HALT perpetual report, updated quarterly to keep you abreast of local tobacco control activities. The report follows the HALT Five Year Plan - 10 High Impact Changes, giving a flavour of activities taking place across the area.
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The Issues - Health
In the UK each year around 106,000 people die as a result of their smoking habit. This figure is greater than all the deaths from accidents, suicide, murder, overdose, HIV, alcohol and war put together. Smoking also makes even minor ailments much worse; a smoker will suffer more with a cold or the flu than a non-smoker, and healing from accidents or operations takes much longer.
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