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Is it your duty to quit smoking?

The Government's latest attempt to get six million Britons to quit smoking could include slipping positive messages into cigarette packs.

The Government's latest attempt to get six million Britons to quit smoking could include slipping positive messages into cigarette packs.

They'll list the benefits of giving up, such as decreased risk of heart attack, and saving around 拢2,000 a year.

It's part of an attempt to get all of us off cigarettes by 2030.

The Health and Social Care secretary Steve Barclay says it costs the economy billions of pounds in lost productivity every year.

5 Live listeners spoke to Nicky Campbell about the potential changes.

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