Smokers to take action for No Smoking Day

HUNDREDS of smokers in Ballymoney are taking the opportunity of No Smoking Day – Wednesday 10 March – to quit smoking. Ballymoney Borough Council and Gillian Mc Atackney, Workplace Smoking Cessation Specialist are preparing to help smokers in Ballymoney as they join millions of UK smokers to stop on No Smoking Day.
By The Newsroom
Published 26th Feb 2010, 14:36 BST
Updated 1st Mar 2010, 15:06 BST

This year’s theme, Break free, we can help, acknowledges that No Smoking Day is the time for smokers to break free from their smoking habit and escape their chains of addiction. The theme is a message of support and empowerment that has come from smokers’ themselves.

So why not break free this No Smoking Day? You can break free with the help and support that is available across Ballymoney. Those who do stop smoking on March 10 will gain health and financial benefits in next to no time, including:

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Feeling fitter and having loads of energy to start that healthy lifestyle – not feeling out of breath when the dog takes you for a brisk walk!

Saving loads of money – giving up a 20-a-day is like a 42 a week pay rise! Stop on No Smoking Day and by June you can save over 500 or 1,764 by Christmas!

Organisers from Ballymoney Borough Council will have an information stand and ‘pop-up clinic’ at Tesco, Castle Street, Ballymoney, from 11am – 4pm on March 10th. Smokers can come along to have their blood pressure levels monitored and receive information on how to quit smoking and local Stop Smoking service providers.

Here’s some top tips to help you:

• Talk to your GP or pharmacist, get some Nicotine Replacement Therapy such as patches or gum. It can double your chance of stopping.

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• Write down all the reasons you want to stop and stick it on the fridge to help you stay motivated

• Talk to your friends, family and workmates – support from them is essential – why not quit together and keep each other motivated?

• If you are interested in quitting ask your employer to contact the Workplace Smoke Cessation Specialist. Tel: 028 2566 5803

More information about No Smoking Day activities in Ballymoney is available by contacting 028 276 660 257 . Finally, our thanks are extended to the Northern Trust Cardiac Rehabilitation Team for their support in manning our pop up clinic.

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