Sunday, July 13, 2008
Smokers offered help to give up
Smokers in Reading are being offered help to kick the habit in a local push for No Smoking Day on Wednesday.
Advisors from the town's Stop Smoking Service will be in Broad Street Mall, signing up smokers for four weeks of nicotine replacement therapy.
The service, which also offers six weeks' backup support, says it has recently helped more than 880 quit.
Meanwhile, teenagers at South Reading Leisure Centre are to be shown a jar of tar to show how smoking damages lungs.
By the end of the year, the Stop Smoking Service aims to cut the number of adults in Reading who smoke from 28% to 26%.
Graeme Hoskin, Reading's lead councillor for health, said: "Cancer is the second major cause of death in Reading after heart disease and stroke.
"We want to help as many people as possible to quit smoking and take more care of their health."
This is a part of article Smokers offered help to give up Taken from "Generic Acomplia (Rimonabant) Discussions" Information Blog
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