Thousands stop smoking in Swindon

Swindon residents have beaten the government's target for the number of people to stop smoking.

An extra 500 people quit smoking this year beating the Department of Health's local Primary Care Trust target of 2,726 people.

Stop Smoking Service Co-ordinator Cherry Jones said the achievement was down to the hard work of staff.

The government wants to reduce the number of smokers in the UK by 21 % or less before 2010.