MORE than 500 people successfully quit smoking in Barnsley over the latest six-month period, new figures have revealed.
NHS England figures show 502 of the 805 people who had set a date to quit smoking in Barnsley self-reported they had done so between April and September 2024.
It means 62 per cent of attempts to quit smoking using stop smoking services in the area were successful.
Across England, 105,954 people tried to give up smoking during that period, while only 57,472 successfully quit.
