Stop Smoking

Why give up?

• It has been known since the 1950s that smoking causes lung cancer. Smoking is also associated with more than 50 different diseases and disorders - many fatal.
• Half of all people who continue to smoke will be killed by it - losing an average of 16 years of life.
• In Britain, smoking kills 106,000 people per year
• 22% of all male deaths and 11% of all female deaths are due to smoking.
• Giving up smoking can reduce the risk of developing many smoking related illnesses.
• Within 10-15 years of giving up, an ex-smokers' risk of developing lung cancer is only slightly greater than someone who has never smoked.
• Tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, the vast majority of which are present either naturally in the tobacco and transfer into the smoke, or are formed when the tobacco is burnt.
• At today's rates, a 20-a-day smoker will spend £31,025 over the next 20 years.
• Smoking also effects those around you.

The Benefits of Quitting

Quitting smoking is the greatest single step smokers can take to improve their health. The body starts to repair the damage and return to normal, with noticeable benefits within just a few weeks, including:

• Improved breathing
• Loss of 'smoker's cough' and reduction in phlegm
• Sense of taste and smell improves
• Hair, skin and breath no longer smells of tobacco smoke