Breckland, becoming a healthy district
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Be Healthy
Why should I quit?
- Approximately 1/3 cancer deaths can be attributed to smoking
- Children are more likely to smoke if their parents do
- Smoking can affect the fertility of men & women
- Tobacco smoke contains over 4000 chemicals in the form of particles and gases, these can cause eye irritation, coughs, heart disease and lung cancer
- Smoking restricts blood vessels so reduces flow to the skin adding to the drying and greying affect it has on your skin
- Lastly, just think of all the money you could save!
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All of these free local services can provide 1-to-1 support and motivation to help you stop smoking. They can also offer advice, and help you access, the most suitable products to help you give up smoking for good.
Smokefree Norfolk
Meet your local Specialist Stop Smoking Advisor in your GP practice/Healthy Living Centre. You can receive a one-to-one appointment or join a group with others who would like to quit. Call them on the local freephone 0800 0854 113 or visit www.smokefreenorfolk.nhs.uk for more information.
META Stop Smoking Service
This service is available in Polish, Lithuanian, Russian and Portuguese. Appointments are available during the day or evenings and weekends, and can take place at a location suitable for you. Call 01842 757346 (Eastern European languages) or 01842 757356 (Portuguese).
Health Trainer Service
A Health Trainer can give you support to quit smoking, but also can help you to look at other aspects of your life; for example what you eat, or how much exercise you do. Health Trainers offer sessions outside of working hours and at weekends, and at a location to suit you. Call 01842 757341 to book your first appointment.
In addition to these services a number of pharmacies also offer stop smoking services, for more information and to view a map of all the clinics across Norfolk visit http://www.norfolk.nhs.uk/stop-smoking-services