Smoke Free East
Welcome to the Smoke Free East website: the resource centre for
your stop smoking information for the East of England. as well as
useful articles and links you will be able to find regional Alliances
and stop Smoking Services.
Recent News
Smokefree East launched its "round the corner"
campaign on 17th April. Its aim is to help smokers get off cigarettes
by offering free NHS stop smoking services throughout the region.
Smokers are up to 4 times more likely to quit successfully if they
combine professional counselling and medication. To find out the
nearest NHS stop smoking services, ring 0800
111 4747.
To coincide with the launch, smokers were invited to a free lung
functioning test at Asda in Cambridge. Camquit, NHS stop smoking
services in Cambridgeshire were at hand to offer information about
their services. Chest physicians from Addenbrookes gave advise to
smokers about how they can reduce harm caused by smoking. Read
the press release here.
In 2004, the Government announced in its White paper Choosing Health
that it would take action to prevent young people buying tobacco
through strengthening sanctions against retailers who repeatedly
sell tobacco to young people that are under the legal age. Retailer
sanctions were the subject of consultation in 2006. As a result
of that consultation, the Government introduced new legislation
that was the subject of extensive Parliamentary debate earlier this
year.
The new legal sanctions agreed by Parliament come into force on
the 1st April 2009.
The purpose of this legislation is to tackle the persistent illegal
sale of tobacco products to young people under the age of 18 years.
It is envisaged that the sanctions available are likely to be used
only in extreme circumstances and only where there has been evidence
of previous illegal sales.
LACORS have kindly prepared a briefing about this legislation.
Click here to find out more
Wednesday
11 March 2009 is No Smoking Day. New research released to mark No
Smoking Day (11 March) shows more than one in three (37%) of smokers
in the East of England are thinking about or planning to cut down
or quit as a direct result of the economic downturn.
Firms offered stop
smoking clinic
Smoking campaigners
call for tough new targets on tobacco smuggling
For more information and how we can help you or someone you know
to stop smoking, contact 0800 169 0 169
or visit: http://smokefree.nhs.uk/
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