No Smoking Day 9th March 2022

Quitting smoking doesn’t have to be stressful!
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Everyone knows how difficult it is to quit smoking, but no matter how long you have been smoking, there’s always the opportunity and plenty of support to help you stop. It doesn’t matter if you smoke 5 or 25 cigarettes a day, like millions of others, you too have the strength and willpower to stop smoking for good.

National No Smoking Day is a perfect time to start!

You will feel better, have more energy, plus more money in your pocket.

Here are 10 ways your health will improve when you stop smoking:

  1. Stopping smoking lets you breathe more easily
    • People breathe more easily and cough less when they give up smoking because their lung capacity improves by up to 10% within 9 months.
  2. Stopping smoking gives you more energy
    • Within 2 to 12 weeks of stopping smoking, your blood circulation improves. This makes all physical activity, including walking and running, much easier.
  3. Your stress levels will decrease
    • Scientific studies show people’s stress levels are lower after they stop smoking.
  4. Quitting smoking leads to better sex
    • As well as improving sensitivity, it’s also been found that non – smokers are three times more appealing to prospective partners than smokers.
  5. Stopping smoking improves fertility
    • Non smokers find it easier to get pregnant. Quitting smoking improves the lining of the womb and can make men’s sperm more potent. Becoming a non smoker can also increase the possibility of conceiving through IVF, and reduces the likelihood of having a miscarriage.
  6. Stopping smoking improves small and taste
  7. Stopping smoking delays the appearance of wrinkles and gives you younger looking skin
  8. Ex smokers have whiter teeth and sweeter breath
    • Ex smokers are also less likely than smokers to get gum disease and prematurely lose their teeth.
  9. Quitting smoking means you will live longer
    • Half of all long term smokers die early from smoking related diseases including heart disease, lung cancer and chronic bronchitis.
    • Men who quit smoking by the age of 30 add 10 years to their life.
    • People who kick the habit at 60 add 3 years to their life.

What support is out there to help me to quit smoking?

Local stop smoking services are free, friendly and can massively boost your chances of quitting for good. These services are staffed by expert advisers providing a range of proven methods to help you quit. They’ll give you accurate information and advice, as well as professional support. They also make it easy and affordable for you to get stop smoking treatments, such as:

  • Varenicline (Champix)
  • Bupropion (Zyban)
  • Nicotine replacement therapy, such as patches and gum

Start your new life as an ex-smoker

  • Check out www.kent.gov.uk/smokefree to talk to an advisor and get your personal quit plan
  • Try the NHS Quit smoking app
  • Call the free Smokefree National Helpline on 0300 123 1044

 

For further information about how you can stop smoking, you can visit the NHS UK website here: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/quit-smoking/nhs-stop-smoking-services-help-you-quit/