nhs stop smoking services
February 8, 2012 by Mitchell Wright
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Thousands of Gloucestershire people quitting smoking - This is Gloucestershire
Thousands of Gloucestershire people quitting smoking This is Gloucestershire NEARLY 4000 smokers stubbed out the habit for good last year with the help of the NHS in Gloucestershire. A total of 3959 people quit from April 2011 to the end March 2012 – a record for Gloucestershire NHS Stop Smoking Service, which launched in 2001. |
Calling on tobacco users: A successful quit attempt could be a phone call away - Sacramento Bee
Calling on tobacco users: A successful quit attempt could be a phone call away Sacramento Bee Quitlines provide telephone support from trained responders who can help users develop a personal quit plan, answer any questions about quitting and help locate quit smoking services in their community. They can also offer information and resources to ... |
Students take health to heart - NW Evening Mail
 NW Evening Mail | Students take health to heart NW Evening Mail Two health and social care pupils put a new slant on creating a campaign to promote health and wellbeing when they drafted in help from NHS stop smoking services. Ella Murning and Emma Hodgson created an event to warn mums-to-be of the dangers of ... |
Smokers struggling to stay quitters! - Wigan Today
 Wigan Today | Smokers struggling to stay quitters! Wigan Today JUST 12 per cent of Wigan's smokers using the NHS Stop Smoking Service actually kicked the habit latest figures show. Data released by the NHS Information Centre this week revealed that just 842 people that set a 'quit date' with the service were ... |
New Evidence on Teen Smoking Reinforces the Need for Increasing the Price of ... - Sacramento Bee
 Syracuse New Times | New Evidence on Teen Smoking Reinforces the Need for Increasing the Price of ... Sacramento Bee More people contacted QUITPLAN Services in the first week of April 2009 than did in the entire month of April 2008. "We know a tobacco price increase is an effective stop-smoking tool. We know that most Minnesota smokers want to quit and a price ... Health Notes: Quitter feels like a winner after kicking tobacco habit Find us on: |
Bradford lung cancer awareness campaign started - Bradford Telegraph and Argus
Bradford lung cancer awareness campaign started Bradford Telegraph and Argus Julia Burrows, public health consultant at NHS Airedale, Bradford and Leeds, said: “With lung cancer claiming about 274 lives in Bradford and Airedale every year, this campaign is instrumental in raising awareness of the early signs and symptoms. |
Stop before your op - Ballymoney and Moyle Times
 ABC2 News | Stop before your op Ballymoney and Moyle Times Did you know if you are waiting for an operation then it's very important that you stop smoking as soon as possible. Smoking greatly increases your risk of complications during and after surgery. It is recommended that you stop at least 8 weeks prior ... Doctors Need Training to Help Smokers Quit |
Child smoking: Ash Wales given £850000 Lottery funding to help young quit - BBC News
 BBC News | Child smoking: Ash Wales given £850000 Lottery funding to help young quit BBC News Children as young as 11 will be the focus of the three-year campaign by the anti-smoking charity Ash Wales. The Young People's Quit Smoking Service, which Ash says is the first in Wales aimed solely at 11-25-year-olds, is funded by the BIG Lottery Fund ... |
Study to stop smoking aimed at mums-to-be - Isle of Wight County Press
Study to stop smoking aimed at mums-to-be Isle of Wight County Press By Emily Pearce ONLINE tools to help pregnant women quit smoking, developed by University College London (UCL), are to be tested in a nationwide study — and Island women are being invited to take part. Latest statistics show nearly 300 babies a year ... |
My View: Cigarette tax a budget, health win-win - Freeport Journal-Standard
My View: Cigarette tax a budget, health win-win Freeport Journal-Standard Because of sensitivity to higher pack prices, among other factors, an estimated 60000 adults would quit smoking, and 78000 youths would never start. And perhaps the most important and revealing figure of all: there would be a decrease of more than ... Forum: Cigarette tax a logical user fee |
Students take health to heart
IT’S not just outside the classroom where Millom School pupils are leading by example. Two health and social care pupils put a new slant on creating a campaign to promote health and wellbeing when they drafted in help from NHS stop smoking services. Read more
Call to shape the future of NHS East Lancashire
HEALTH bosses in East Lancashire are asking for people’s help in shaping the future of the local NHS services amid cost cutting. Read more
Study to stop smoking aimed at mums-to-be
ONLINE tools to help pregnant women quit smoking, developed by University College London (UCL), are to be tested in a nationwide study — and Island women are being invited to take part. Read more
Better medical care could save thousands in Wales every year
Better medical care and a more healthy lifestyle could save thousands of lives in Wales every year, new research has suggested. Read more
Guest Post: Anything The Government Gives You, The Government Can Take Away
Via John Aziz of Azizonomics , From the Guardian : A majority of doctors support measures to deny treatment to smokers and the obese , according to a survey that has sparked a row over the NHS‘s growing use of “lifestyle rationing” . Some 54% of doctors who took part said the NHS should have the right to withhold non-emergency treatment from patients who do not lose weight or stop smoking ... Read more
New Norfolk & Waveney website and helpline to help people lead a healthier lifestyle
A new website and helpline have been launched to help people in Norfolk make healthy changes to their lives. Read more
UK doc survey: Deny treatment to smokers, obese
A majority of doctors in a United Kingdom survey supported measures to deny non-emergency medical services to smokers and the obese, The Observer newspaper reported Sunday. Read more
Public health: encouraging employers to take responsibility
Occupational Health 01 May 2012 09:10 This article first appeared in Occupational Health magazine. Subscribe online and save 20%. Dame Carol Black, a leading public health figure, discusses an initiative that aims to make significant improvements to the wellbeing of the UK workforce. Read more
How lives of countless victims were left in ruins
The true extent of the abuse suffered by vulnerable children at the hands of the Lancashire sex gang in the latter part of the last decade might never be known. At least 47 girls – some as young as 13, possibly even younger – endured years of humiliation, rape and violence as they were passed like objects among their assailants across the towns and cities of northern England. The exact number ... Read more
Jamie is 13 and hasn't even kissed a girl. But he's now on the Sex Offender Register after online porn warped his mind ...
An eminent child therapist, who treats youngsters hooked on hardcore sites, reveals how it poisons their lives forever. Read more
