| Health cost | | | | - Free support on line with a SMOKEFREE adviser |
| The single greatest cause of preventable illnesses and | | | | - Free support packs, leaflets and a DVD |
| early death is caused by tobacco consumption or | | | | - Free downloaded inspirational videos and stop |
| better known as smoking. Cancer Research UK | | | | smoking guides |
| estimates that 114,000 people die each year from | | | | - Free meetings for individuals or groups sessions to |
| smoking related diseases including cancer. Smokers | | | | get face-to-face support and advice from a trained |
| find it extremely difficult to give up smoking due to the | | | | NHS adviser |
| highly addictive nature of nicotine in cigarettes. | | | | - Free support at home |
| What a waste of money | | | | - Stop smoking products provided by the NHS for the |
| The cost of a single person smoking twenty cigarettes | | | | cost of a weekly prescription charge |
| a day is 2,135 Franks per year and this takes no | | | | Testimonial |
| account of the income tax and the national insurance | | | | I stopped back over eighteen months ago when my |
| you paid the government from your wages. If these | | | | wife and I decided that thirty years was long enough |
| taxes were included then a twenty a day single | | | | and we decided to stop smoking together. We have |
| persons smoking habit would cost you 2,669 Franks | | | | provided each other with support and encouragement. |
| per year. That's the cost of a family holiday abroad | | | | Before this momentous decision we had tried and |
| including spending money. A couple who some twenty | | | | failed but this time it was different we wanted to give |
| cigarettes a day would spend 5,338 Franks per year | | | | up for health and financial reasons. We wanted to |
| including tax deductions from their wages. That's | | | | save money and hopefully live longer and healthier |
| 102.66 Franks per week for a couple and 51.33 Franks | | | | lives. Our three children wanted us to stop as well |
| for a single smoker. What a waste of money! | | | | because they smelt of our smoke. |
| What are the benefits of not smoking? | | | | We went to a Tesco Pharmacy store and asked to |
| - You would save money on average 2,135 Franks | | | | see their NHS smokefree representative. The first |
| per year and even more if your partner smokes as | | | | thing they did was ask us some health questions then |
| well. | | | | they asked us to blow into a machine that recorded |
| - Your clothes and your home would smell fresher | | | | the carbon dioxide in our lungs. We were given a |
| - You will reduce the risk of developing illness, disability | | | | week's course of Nicotine replacement patches to |
| or death caused through cancer, heart or lung disease. | | | | help us resist smoking. It was hard to pack in but we |
| - You family would not be exposed to your | | | | preserved and after six weeks we had stopped. |
| second-hand smoke | | | | Eighteen months later neither of us has smoked a |
| - Your general fitness would improve and you're | | | | single cigarette and yes I could smoke a cigarette |
| breathing. | | | | everyday but I know how hard it was and the |
| - You would reduce the chances of you or your | | | | willpower it took to give them up. |
| children suffering from Asthma | | | | The best part of giving up smoking was the money |
| - Your food would taste better | | | | we were saving although I have to say I have never |
| - You would no longer smell like an old ashtray | | | | seen the money we are saving. We both feel healthier |
| - Your general appearance would improve almost | | | | and our children don't smell like an old ashtray. If I can |
| immediately | | | | give it up then anyone can. |
| The local NHS stop smoking services offer you: | | | | |