Kate Thornton and Scott Mills call on smokers to join them in quitting

The NHS's Stoptober campaign is hoping smokers in England will join a millionpeople - including Scott Mills and Kate Thornton - who managed to kick thehabit this year.

New data from UCL show nearly an increase of nearly a quarter(22%) in people trying to quit this year.

Nearly a quarter of those who triedto quit (23%) succeeded.

Smoking prevalence in England is at an all-time lowof 13.9%.