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No need to go cold turkey for No Smoking Day

Wednesday March 13 is National No Smoking Day and to help those people that want to stop, Quit4Life is out and about across Hampshire to offer advice.

It’s often hard for people who want to stop to feel confident in taking that first step and Quit4Life has been working with people for years to help them stop.
 
There are several ways that Quit4Life advisors can help you including offering support and replacement therapies. So there’s not need to go ‘cold turkey’, and you can save money by swapping cigarettes for a treat.
 
Wendy Bennett, from Quit4Life says: “It’s the time of year when everyone who wants to stop smoking can set a day to make that change. You might have tried over the New Year, and now is the chance to get your resolution back on track.”
  
Smoking is one of the most preventable causes of death and disease in the UK, and kills about 120,000 smokers each year. The Quit4Life advisers have a wide experience of helping people to quit smoking, and the power of positive attitude really drives their success. Hundreds have started the process to quit smoking in 2013 in Hampshire alone.
 
Here’s a list of where the Quit4Life team will be in Hampshire over the next week:

Saturday 9 March
Eastleigh Market
10.30am – 2.30pm

Saturday 9 March
Hart Shopping Centre
10.00am – 4.00pm

Tuesday 12 March
Gosport Market
11.00am – 1.30pm

Wednesday 13 March
ASDA, Bedhampton
9.30am – 11.30am

Wednesday 13 March
Tesco, New Milton
11.00am – 1.00pm

Thursday 14 March
Crondall Health Fair, Village Hall
1.00pm – 5.00pm

No need to go cold turkey for No Smoking Day

Wednesday March 13 is National No Smoking Day and to help those people that want to stop, Quit4Life is out and about across Hampshire to offer advice.

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‘I’m quitting cigarettes for the sake of my kids’

When 23-year old Ayesha Batey found she was struggling to run after her children, she knew she needed to make changes.

Erica Course, quit4life advisor, with Leo Batey-Bowthorpe, two, mum Ayesha Batey, her four-month-old son Sam and health visitor Julianne Nelson.
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Making it easier to stop smoking – just call us

Smoking is a habit and an addiction and sometimes the time you want to stop doesn’t always coincide with the time you have the will and the time to do it.

Jane King, Quit4Life adviser
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Stoptober Challenge for Hampshire's Smokers

During October, smokers across Hampshire are being encouraged to take part in the first ever mass quit attempt launched by the Department of Health . Stoptober.

Stoptober Challenge for Hampshire's Smokers
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Plain tobacco packaging – your support wanted

A consultation is underway about the possible introduction of standardised packaging for tobacco products – and your local NHS is urging people to make their views known.

Plain tobacco packaging – your support wanted
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