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Swap fags for swag        13/3/13

Thousands of smokers in the Western Isles are being encouraged to ‘swap fags for swag’ and consider the financial benefits of quitting today, on the 30th anniversary of No Smoking Day today.

Nearly one in six UK adults smoke, including 26 per cent of people in the Western Isles (31 per cent of men and 22 per cent of women). But UK figures show two thirds want to quit.

This year smokers are being encouraged to focus on what they could afford to buy they were to quit for a day.

A series of awareness events is being run across the islands today.