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Stoptober 2019

Stoptober is back!

Stoptober gives you the opportunity to quit for 28 days.

Stoptober has driven over 1 million quit attempts to date.  Public Health England have started “It is based on research that shows that if you can stop smoking for 28-days, you are five times more likely to stay smokefree for good”.

This year we want raise awareness of how you can get involved in Stoptober, who knows – you may end up quitting for good! 

Everyone’s aware of the health risks connected to smoking, from variations of cancer to coronary heart disease to having a stroke. Smoking can put huge strain on your health.

For everyone that begins their Stop Smoking journey with us in October. If you reach your 4 week quit date with us, you will receive a free Everyone Health goodie bag.

See below to find the closest clinic to you:

  • Well + Pharmacy - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
  • Wednesbury Library - Monday
  • Khaira Pharmacy - Monday
  • Brooke Street Community Centre - Monday
  • Thimblemill Library - Tuesday
  • Friar Park Pharmacy - Tuesday, Wednesday
  • Langley Library - Wednesday
  • Tipton Library - Wednesday
  • Blackheath Library - Wednesday
  • Lloyds Pharmacy, Stonecross - Wednesday
  • Bearwood Pharmacy - Wednesday
  • Glebefields Library - Thursday
  • Lyng Pharmacy - Thursday
  • Oldbury Library - Thursday
  • Jubilee Park Community Centre - Thursday
  • Dorothy Parkes Community Centre - Thursday
  • Bleakhouse Library - Friday
  • Midcounties Pharmacy - Friday
  • Cape Hill Asda Pharmacy - Friday
  • Sidhu's Pharmacy - Friday
  • Great Bridge Library - Friday
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Ways to Quit

Whether you quit smoking using traditional medication or an e-cigarette, evidence shows that you have a much better chance of quitting with the support of your stop smoking service.

I have learned the importance of never smoking again. That it is never too late to give up!. The course works really well I had a lot of support and succeeded.

Alan - 10/10/2018
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What is the cost Smoking?

As we approach national No Smoking Day on the 11th March – we ask just what is the cost of smoking? The cost of smoking to the UK Government is approximately £12.6 billion a year. But what is smoking costing you personally?

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Is Smoking Killing Your Pet

We’ve all heard of passive smoking, the effects that cigarette smoke has on everyone in the area. But what about pets? All pets are sensitive to nicotine, they have smaller lungs and they nuzzle into the fabrics where the toxins fall and lick the chemicals off their fur whilst grooming.

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No Womb for Smoking

Protecting your baby from tobacco smoke is one of the best things you can do to give your child a healthy start in life. Every cigarette contains 4,000 chemicals which can have negative affects during pregnancy and after birth.

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Get Your Love Island Date – Quit Smoking

Love Island is almost over. A new couple will be crowned winner this Sunday (23 February 2020). But, as you may have noticed, smoking on screen is banned as more than 50% of complaints made to Love Island in 2018 were about smoking.

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Will you be standing to attention this Valentine’s Day?

It’s Valentine’s day, you take your partner for a magical date, you buy the perfect gift and then you get home with plans to take their breath away… But hard is the truth, smoking can cause issues such as a lack of sexual desire even in men as young as 20.

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Smoke Damaged Lungs Can Heal

If you’ve tried to quit smoking before but couldn’t find the motivation scientists have just found the ultimate reason. Research in the journal Nature shows that lungs have a “magical” ability to repair some of the damage caused by smoking if you stop smoking completely.

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Stoptober 2019

Stoptober is returning to encourage smokers across England to make a successful quit attempt during October!

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Young people and smoking

People start smoking for many different reasons. Some people start because they're curious, because their mates smoke, or they're bored.

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Pregnancy and Smoking

Protecting your baby from tobacco smoke is one of the best things you can do to give your child a healthy start in life.

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Smoking and Others

When people smoke, everyone around them is exposed to harmful second-hand smoke. Second-hand smoke contains over 4000 chemicals and anyone that breathes it in is at risk of developing the same diseases as smokers.

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Why Quit?

Quitting smoking can have a positive effect on your health and you in many different ways.

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E-cigarettes

An estimated 2.9 million adults in Great Britain currently use electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and of these 1.5 million people have completely stopped smoking cigarettes.

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Ways to quit

Whether you quit smoking using traditional medication or an e-cigarette, evidence shows that you have a much better chance of quitting with the support of your stop smoking service.