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-[[Stoptober]](2012) was a campaign fully funded by the [[NHS]] in an effort to get smokers to quit smoking for the whole of October.
+#redirect [[Octabber]]
-[[Stoptober|Octabber]] was set up as a result, by people sick of the government spending money on telling people how to live their lives.
-== Announcement ==
-[[Stoptober]] was breathlessly announced by the BBC on 8 Sep 2012:
-{{quote|Smokers across England are being urged to quit for a month in a government campaign.
-Research has shown that people who manage to stop smoking for that length of time are more likely not to start again.
-"Stoptober" takes place for 28 days from 1 October.<ref name="bbc">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19506327 'Stoptober' stop-smoking campaign launched in England] BBC News</ref>}}
-Quite why someone thought that October has only 28 days is unclear.
-{{quote|England's Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies said it was the first time that the government had launched a "mass quit attempt".
-The campaign will involve TV and radio advertising, a daily messaging service and roadshows around the country. There is also a Stoptober app and a Facebook page.
-Health Minister Norman Lamb, who said he quit smoking last week, told BBC Breakfast the campaign was "a good investment in health promotion".<ref name="bbc" />}}
-Unfortunately there was insufficient space in the BBC's report to mention how much tax-payers money was actually, in Mr Lamb's words "a good investment."
-==References==
-{{Reflist}}
-[[Category:Smoking]]

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