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STOP SMOKING AND PREVENTION SUPPORT PROGRAMME DELIVERED TO BRADFORD FAMILIES

Sep 22, 2015 | Press Release |

Bradford Council is funding the delivery of a national programme to help young people from starting to smoke, and their parents or carers to quit. QUIT, the UK charity, is rolling out Smoke Free Family Life across ten secondary schools in the district and Bradford is one of the newest areas of the country to sign up to the scheme. A QUIT youth presenter will work in secondary school with pupils and make sure they take a support booklet home with them which will include details of support details of the council’s stop smoking service. The Council are participating in a national and local evaluation to help young people from starting to smoke and their parents or carers to quit. The aim of the project is to give young people the facts about smoking so that they can make an informed choice and to support parents and carers who smoke to stop. The project is being run in conjunction with the Bradford stop smoking service. Andrew Gillespie, Stop Smoking Specialist for Bradford Council, said: “We know that two thirds of smokers start smoking before the age of eighteen so it is important to provide effective programmes like the one provided by QUIT.” “Our aim is to help create a smoke free district where the next generation understand that smoking is a normal activity and that cigarettes kill one in every two long-term smokers.” “Teenagers are making their own decision not to smoke as fewer youngsters are starting smoking than in previous generations. Hopefully they can help inform their parents and careers that it’s never to late to quit smoking.” You can contact Bradford’s stop smoking service on 01274 437700.

Salford’s 48,000 smokers urged to donate their last empty cigarette packs to unique local artwork

Sep 3, 2015 | Press Release |

Walton Oaks, UK, 29th May, 2015 – Salford smokers are being encouraged to quit smoking and donate their last empty cigarette pack to a unique art project that will raise funds for charity. The My Last Pack campaign is being launched by Pfizer in partnership with Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust on World No Tobacco Day on 31 May. The aim of the campaign is to highlight how support from healthcare professionals can help local people to successfully stop smoking.

For every empty cigarette pack received, £1 will be donated to UK charity QUIT by Pfizer. Local residents can take their packs to My Last Pack collection points at Salford Royal from 31 May and throughout June.

The empty cigarette packs will be collected and transformed into a specially commissioned work of art by local artist David Boultbee to convey the significance of quitting smoking. The My Last Pack artwork will be unveiled to the public in Salford this summer.

Salford is a national smoking hotspot, with almost a third of adults in the area confirmed as smokers in comparison to the national average of one in five adults (21%).2 East Salford in particular has been identified as having the highest level of smoking in the area, with almost half the adult population confirmed as smokers.2 The latest research suggests that those who seek help from a healthcare professional are up to four times more likely to stop smoking for good than those who try to go it alone.3

June Roberts, Assistant Director of Nursing at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust commented, “More than one in four adults smoke in Salford, many of whom will have tried several times to quit. Too often, smokers are unaware of the help available and continue to try to break free from their nicotine addiction on their own. We hope that the people of Salford will get behind this campaign and realise that they can get the stop smoking support they deserve.”

Glyn McIntosh, Chief Executive at QUIT commented, “We hope this campaign will encourage smokers in Salford to seek the professional support available and quit smoking for good,