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NHS SMOKING HELPLINE 0800 169 0 169
Open 7am – 11pm every day.
Senior advisors (counsellors) available 10am –11pm.
Answerphone out of hours.
NHS PREGNANCY SMOKING HELPLINE 0800 169 9 169
Open 12 midday – 9pm every day.
Answerphone out of hours.
Call-back service offered
NHS ASIAN TOBACCO HELPLINES
All lines open Tuesday 1pm – 9pm
Answerphone out of hours.
Call-back service offered
Urdu 0800 169 0 881
Punjabi 0800 169 0 882
Hindi 0800 169 0 883
Gujarati 0800 169 0 884
Bengali 0800 169 0 885
Textphone users should call
0800 169 0 171
According to a survey carried out by GfK NOP, one in four UK smokers said that getting rid of smoking in pubs, clubs restaurants and bars would be the boost they need to try and ditch the cigs for good.
Elizabeth O’Hare of Coventry’s Smoking Cessation Service, said: “Millions see England’s move to going smokefree as a chance to make a fresh start. Combined with the network of superb NHS stop smoking services, the UK is probably the best place in the world to be if you want to give up smoking.”
The ‘No Smoking Day’ campaign offers these top tips for anyone wanting to quit in 2007:
- A 20-a-day smoker who stopped at New Year will have saved £350 by No Smoking Day on March 14 and nearly £900 by the time England goes smokefree on July 1!
- Why wait until July to make a quit attempt. By stopping on or before No Smoking Day you can be totally smokefree well in advance of the ban.
- Smoking can create hormonal imbalances which decrease libido – giving up smoking will improve your sex life!
- Feel fitter within two weeks of stopping: finally run for the bus without a coughing fit
- Using Coventry’s NHS Smoking Cessation Service is four times more likely to work than going cold turkey
For more information about what’s happening on ‘No Smoking Day’ and other quit smoking support call Coventry’s Smoking Cessation helpline on (024) 7624 6093
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