Smokers get challenge to try stopping
Smokers are being urged to stub out their cigarettes as part of national Heart Day tomorrow.
Ernie White, Leicestershire County Council cabinet lead member for health, said: "Giving up smoking is the single biggest positive step you can take to reduce your risk of a heart attack.
"As your circulation improves, you are more able to be active, which increases the positive impact on your health.
"Within three months, walking becomes easier.
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"Within a year, your risk of a heart attack is half that of a smoker."
It is estimated that about 3,000 Leicestershire people have heart disease caused by smoking.
Nearly 100,000 adults – 19 per cent – of the county's population are thought to be smokers.
People wanting to give up smoking can take part in the nation campaign STOPtober, which is encouraging people to quit during the month.
For more information and for help to stop smoking, call Stop! on 0845 045 282 or send a text to 07717 420560.
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by handymanphil
Monday, October 01 2012, 3:04PM
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by handymanphil
Monday, October 01 2012, 3:01PM
“STOPtober is yet another insult to the tax payers of this country as more and more public money is thrown at this ridiculous attempt to get all smokers to quit. They say that 2/3rds of all smokers want to quit-so why, after 5 years of complete denormalisation & stigmatisation are these 'wannabe quitters' still smoking? Yet again the numbers don't add up as the anti smoking layabouts try to justify their rather extravagant pay scales!
If people want to smoke they will smoke-and they will smoke because they enjoy smoking, it's as simple as that. The cost to this country since the implementation of this ridiculous law has been colossal-has anyone stopped to think of how much it has actually cost? I doubt it. Worcestershire claimed great success until it was pointed out that each successful quitter had actually cost tax payers £2,342 each - and that was only at the 4 week quit stage which is a totally unrealistic time/framwork!
The good news for smokers is that after this idiotic Stoptober comes the very friendly month of Smokember, where smokers may relax and enjoy their cigarettes, pipes, roll-ups, hookah pipes, spli***, or whatever, for a whole 30 day period-not 28!
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