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quit smoking

Help to give up smoking

There are various ways we can help:

• Our Give Up Smoking Advisor see below
• Links to Other Agencies offering advice and support - see below
• Facts and Figures!

Give Up Smoking Advisor

• To register an interest in attending the sessions with our smoking cessation advisor please telephone reception (01769 573811)  - We will keep your details and contact you when the next one to one session is available.

Links to Other Agencies offering advice and support

• The NHS Stop Smoking Helpline: Call 0800 169 0 168 to speak to a fully trained counsellor who will listen to you and give helpful advice. Even if you've already stopped you can call for support. They will send you leaflets if required.
• For the NHS Stop Smoking Website click here: you can gets lots of useful information and leaflets about stopping smoking and coping with withdrawal symptoms.

Smoking - The Facts and Figures

General
Tobacco came to Europe from the New World at the end of the 15th Century. Smoking, which was thought at the time to have medicinal value, caught on fast but did not become a mass habit until the 20th century. It was not until after the Second World War that the risk to health was properly understood.

In 1996, smokers spent more than £11,417 million on tobacco in the UK alone!

The number of manufactured cigarettes released for home consumption in the UK fell from 125.7 billion in 1978 to 83.3 billion in 1996.

Tobacco is the only legally available consumer product which can cause death when used for its intended purpose.

Every year around 120,000 smokers in the UK die as a result of their habit.

Smoking causes 30% of all cancer deaths, 25% of all heart disease deaths and 83% of deaths from bronchitis and emphysema.

Adults
About 12.1 million adults in the UK smoke - 29% of males and 28% of females. In 1972, 52% of men and 41% of women smoked cigarettes. This decline is largely due to older people giving up. Young people continue to take up smoking

Smoking is most popular among those aged 20-24: 36% of women and 43% of men in this age group smoke.

Many smokers do succeed in giving up - 20% of women and 32% of men are ex-smokers.

Almost no one starts smoking as an adult - the majority of people who take up smoking do so in adolescence.

Children
About 450 children start smoking every day in the UK

About a quarter of Britain's 15 years olds are regular smokers

Pregnant Women
A scientific  Committee on Tobacco and Health report states that: 'Smoking in pregnancy causes adverse outcomes, notably an increased risk of miscarriage, reduced birth weight and perinatal death. If parents continue to smoke after pregnancy, there is an increased rate of sudden infant death syndrome.'

These facts and figures were compiled from information provided by:

ASH. Tel: 020 7739 5902. www.ash.org.uk

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