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| A Collyhurst woman has earned a double reward for stopping smoking after winning a prize draw.
Maria won £250 worth of high street vouchers in the Smokefree Homes prize draw, held at the Christmas Coffee Morning event at the Church of the Saviour in Collyhurst recently.
Maria, pictured centre with Reverend Chris Fallone and Kate Griffiths, stopped smoking 5 weeks ago with support from a community stop smoking advisor and registered her home smokefree. She was delighted at winning the money. |
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Reverend Chris Fallone, Maria Cunningham and Kate Griffiths |
| "I've been trying to stop smoking for 18 months to two years," she said. "I used to go to the stop smoking drop-in stall on Harpurhey Market, but decided to come to the drop-in at Church of the Saviour. I saw it advertised on the banner up on the railings outside the church and my children go to the school nearby.
"I started coming to the service here in September and I have been dropping in faithfully every week. I find the support excellent; I feel great, much healthier and I've saved lots of money. I've even been able to buy myself an 18 carat gold ring with the money I've saved!
"I'm really surprised and overwhelmed by winning the £250 of high street vouchers. It's a great Christmas present. Thank you so much.
"I'd say to anyone trying to quit smoking to keep trying and get support. It will keep you motivated and you will eventually quit like I did!"
Manchester Stop Smoking Service provides support in many places across the city including pharmacies, hospitals and clinics as well as local markets. The service is open to anyone who lives or works in Manchester.
For more information call 0161 205 5998 or text smoke with your name to 81025. |
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Listen to North Manchester Community Radio Mark Brown and Jenny Cowell talk about what support is available, across Manchester, to help people quit smoking. They also promote the New Year campaign at Church of the Saviour, Eggington Road, Collyhurst, M40 7RN which runs every Tuesday from 11.00am - 1.00pm. The link is available for a limited time only.
North Manchester FM Radio 106.6 - Community Show 12 January 2012 - Podcast
For more information or support to quit tel: 0161 205 5998. |
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Peter quit smoking after receiving support from the NHS and he is now enjoying the health benefits. Lana Burrows, Specialist Stop Smoking Advisor from Manchester Stop Smoking Service, visits Peter each week providing the support he needs to help him stay smokefree.
Peter had enjoyed life as a marathon runner and didn’t start smoking until 1991 when he had a breakdown in his mental health. He was admitted to hospital on a psychiatric ward where he was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. His condition is managed through medication. At that time patients were allowed to smoke in the hospital, so as there was not much to do, Peter started smoking. He thought he would be able to give up anytime but he couldn’t and it quickly became a long term habit. |
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Peter would smoke roll ups and earlier this year as he opened one of the tobacco packs there was a message that said ‘choose freedom’ which struck a chord with Peter. He wanted to be in control and said: “I didn’t want to be a slave to an external stimulant to make me happy, which I felt I was doing with cigarettes. I wanted to quit smoking because of my health and to save money.
“I rang the national number on the pack. I was given the number to my local Stop Smoking Service, which I called. I was put in touch with Lana who came out to my home to support me to quit.”
Through his breakdown in mental health, Peter had tried to commit suicide which resulted in him becoming a wheelchair user. As he cannot get out to clinics Lana visits him in his home.
Lana provides support on a weekly basis to help Peter quit smoking and remain smokefree - supplying vouchers for Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) patches and helping setting goals each week. Peter could not use Champix or Zyban as they would interfere with the medication he takes for Bipolar Disorder.
Peter said: “I used to smoke when I got stressed, but over time with the help of the patches, the habit of smoking went away. I had to do something else so now I go and have a lie down and do deep breathing exercises when I’m stressed.
“I have now got to the point where I don’t like the smell of cigarettes. Mind you, when I was smoking I always thought the ashtray was filthy!”
“I feel proud that I’m protecting myself from the harmful effects of cigarettes. I feel much better, cleaner and healthier. I have high blood pressure, circulation problems in my legs and kidney problems. Stopping smoking has helped to reduce my blood pressure which will help to improve my kidneys. I also used to get heart palpitations which have now completely gone.”
Peter has managed to treat himself with the money he has saved. The first thing he bought was a fleece. He then bought a wool cardigan, pyjamas, slipper socks, cotton shirts, tweed cap and a waterproof coat.
Peter is passionate about helping others and he supports a number of charities with some of the money he has saved. He has photographs displayed around his living room wall of people and animal charities from around the world. He is also a keen gardener, artist, particularly portrait drawing and a budding writer and has written plays, jokes and poetry.
A final word from Peter: “I just want to encourage anyone who is considering stopping smoking, whether it’s for your health or saving money – once you decide you want to quit it’s a lot easier with support. Even if you have been addicted to cigarette smoking for years you can stop with support. I’m confident that I will not start smoking again. It’s useful to have a change of routine or distraction, set a landmark and get support from an advisor each week.
“I would not have been able to stop without the support of Lana who has been a great inspiration on my quit journey, so I’d wholeheartedly like to say thank you Lana.” |
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Allison Whiteside recently shared her stop smoking story with BBC TV on Harpurhey Market. A film crew from North West Tonight visited the market to see first hand the stop smoking support available for local people. Reporter Abbie Jones interviewed Allison who said:
“I’ve stopped smoking for my children. I have tried to stop smoking before but just couldn’t do it. I knew I needed help. I was shopping one day on Harpurhey Market when I saw this stop smoking stall and decided to get support from one of the advisors. I have managed to stop smoking now but I wouldn’t have done it without their support.”
Abbie Paton, Acting Manager, Manchester Stop Smoking Service said: “People can pop down to get support to stop smoking as they do their shopping. The service is close to where people live and is easy to access.”
The filming was part of feature on a conference that was held in Manchester where councillors pledged to work locally and collaboratively towards a tobacco free future, by making smoking history for children.
The conference was attended by Public Health Minister Anne Milton and leading local authority figures. Discussions focused on how they can tackle tobacco in our local communities.
The filming on the market was an ideal opportunity to showcase partnership work between the Trust’s stop smoking service and Manchester City Council.
Manchester Stop Smoking Service provides support in many places across the city including pharmacies, hospitals and clinics as well as local markets. The service is open to anyone who lives or works in Manchester.
For more information call 0161 205 5998 or text smoke with your name to 81025. |
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Allison Whiteside, local client from Harpurhey, speaks to reporter
Abbie Jones BBC North West Tonight
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Allison Whiteside with Sarah Cooke, Community Stop Smoking Advisor – Harpurhey Market. |
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Manchester councillors join fight to tackle tobacco harm to save the city over £175.7million a year.
At a recent conference, councillors pledged to work locally and collaboratively towards a tobacco free future, by making smoking history for children.
The conference was attended by Public Health Minister Anne Milton and leading local authority figures and discussions focused on how they can tackle tobacco in our local communities.
From April 2013 local authorities will be wholly responsible for public health and tackling tobacco will be a key priority. Smoking costs communities hugely, not only in terms of health impacts and costs to the NHS, but also in terms of fires, litter, lost days at work and productivity. A tool that has been developed to calculate the impacts estimates that the cost to Manchester is £175.7million. This cost broken down can be found at:
www.ash.org.uk/localtoolkit/R2-NW.html.
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Councillor Pat Karney signs pleadge |
The government’s Healthy Lives, Healthy People: a tobacco control plan for England sets out clearly the need for a comprehensive approach to tackling tobacco. A range of measures have already been implemented or are being considered. These include:
- Cigarette vending machines legislation to stop easy access for young people (implemented 1st October)
- Point of sale displays legislation which comes in next Spring
- A commitment to consulting on plain packaging for tobacco products
- Preventing the promotion of tobacco though entertainment media
For more information contact Vicky Mills, Communications Manager, Tobacco Free Futures on: 0161 238 6385 or email: vicky.mills@tobaccofreefutures.org.
Download a copy of the press release here.
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Updated: 02/11/11 |
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| Wythenshawe’s Smokefree Choir led the way on the front page of Wythenshawe World’s newspaper recently encouraging people who have quite smoking to join up and sing.
The choir was created by Barnardo’s in partnership with Royal Northern College of Music Outreach & Manchester Stop Smoking Service as part of work encouraging people to protect children and babies from cigarette smoke. It also provides a new, healthy activity for some of the members who have quit smoking and is a great way to get the message across.
Chris Bell, from the Smokefree Choir, is photographed with the choir and their ‘Chemical Soup’. She goes on to explain; “We have produced a Chemical Soup to graphically illustrate some of the chemicals in cigarette smoke and the harm that smoking does to children. We have a simple message to adults – would you make soup out of these chemicals and leave it bubbling on the stove while your children play nearby?” |
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Councillor Tony Burns, Chair of Parkway Green and Councillor Eddy Newman, Chair of Willow Park (right) is pictured with the Smoke free choir, including Chris Bell with her ‘Chemical Soup’. |
| The choir meets every Wednesday at the Forum. If you would like to find out more about the choir, the stop smoking campaign or support to stop smoking, then please contact Chris Bell on 0161 945 4274.
Wythenshawe World: Hitting the right notes |
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| During Ramadan 2011 Manchester Stop Smoking Service is raising awareness on the benefits of going smokefree through their ‘Chemical Soup’ concept. The campaign aims to help protect your family from the harmful effects of breathing in other people’s cigarette smoke (second hand smoke) by making your home smokefree.
Ramadan starts on the 1st August 2011 and runs for 30 days. |
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The following is a list of some of the chemicals that are in a cigarette and what they are used for:
| Chemical |
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| Sticky tar |
Road or roof sealant |
| Acetone |
Paint stripper |
| Ammonia |
Toilet cleaner |
| Arsenic |
Rat poison |
| Benzene |
Petrol |
| Butane |
Lighter fuel |
| Formaldehyde |
Embalming fluid |
| Naphthalene |
Mothballs |
| Methanol |
Anti-freeze |
| Cadmium |
Old car batteries |
| Shellac |
Wood varnish |
| Cyanide |
Gas chambers |
| Polonium 210 |
Fertiliser |
Would you let your children play nearby with these chemicals bubbling away on a stove? These are some of the chemicals your children are breathing if someone smokes inside your house.
When your home is smokefree children are likely to be healthier, with less risk of illnesses such as coughing, wheezing and chest infections, asthma, middle ear infection, learning difficulties and behavioural problems.
There are more than 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke. Most of them are invisible and have no smell. When people smoke, they are breathing all these chemicals which are dangerous to health.
As well as cigarette smoking, many people use tobacco in other ways, such as smoking Hookah, Shisha pipes, Bidis and chew tobacco. The World Health Organisation’s research shows that the smoke that emerges from Shisha pipe smoking contains numerous toxins known to cause lung cancer, heart disease among the many other diseases1.
To get free confidential support to quit smoking call Manchester Stop Smoking Service on 0161 205 5998 or text QUIT with your name and postcode to 81066. You will receive a free Miswak dental stick when you sign up to stop smoking during Ramadan. There is anecdotal evidence to suggest that the Miswak stick is sometimes used as an alternative to smoking2, as it mimics the hand to mouth action of people who smoke.
Protect children from tobacco smoke and keep your home and car completely smokefree. Visit www.stopsmokingmanchester.co.uk to join Manchester’s Smokefree Homes scheme and enter a free prize draw to win £250 home vouchers.
1 World Health Organisation, water pipe tobacco smoking Click here
2 Miswak (chewing stick): A Cultural and Scientific Heritage. Saudi Dental Journal 1999/Volume 11 Number 2; 80-88 (pg 4 item 6) Click here
Click here to download a copy of Smokefree Ramadan Campaign 2011 poster. |
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Updated: 07/06/11 |
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For your chance to win £250 of high street vouchers & an iPod come along and get support to stop smoking at a new drop in service every week at Church of the Saviour’s coffee morning starting:
Date: Tuesday 14 June
Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm
Venue: Church of the Saviour,
Eggington Street, Manchester, M40 7RN
Just drop in to receive free confidential one to one support from a specialist stop smoking advisor to start your smokefree journey.
Free refreshments – free prize draw
For more information contact Manchester Stop Smoking Service tel: 205 5998 or text smoke with your name to 81025. Visit www.stopsmokingmanchester.co.uk.
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Many people made a pledge to quit smoking and registered their homes smokefree at an event held on Harpurhey Market for No Smoking Day Wednesday 9 March 2011. Along with stop smoking specialist advisors to support people to quit smoking, there were a number of community groups including Dental health, Bowel cancer screening, Health Trainers, Area Policing Team and Sports & Leisure.
Staff and pupils from Manchester Communication Academy helped to pick winners of the free prize draw. |
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Staff and pupils from Manchester Communication Academy |
You are invited to Manchester Stop Smoking Service’s Smokefree Homes Celebration event. It will be held on Wednesday 17 December at Grey Mare Lane Market, Beswick M11 3AZ, from 8.30am – 2.00pm. You will have the opportunity to register your home smokefree or ask about local support to quit smoking.
The Smokefree Homes campaign aims to protect children and young people from the harmful effects of breathing in other people’s cigarette smoke. Children not exposed to cigarette smoke are likely to be healthier, with less risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, asthma, coughing, wheezing & chest infections, behavioural problems, learning difficulties and middle ear infection.
Along with information about Smokefree Homes, there will be Christmas festivities, including a brass band playing Christmas carols, Santa giving gifts to children, refreshments, Christmas stocking fillers and a prize draw – all free of charge.
For more information or help to stop smoking call Manchester Stop Smoking Service on 0161 205 5998.
| Smokefree Homes Event Poster |
Updated: 12/12/08 |
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ASH Wales and Cardiff University are working on a pilot of an interactive decision making website, QUITEX for smokers who are thinking about quitting.
QUITEX provides information and helps smokers choose between the different options that are available to help them quit. Smokers can also set up their own personalised quit smoking plan which they can use to seek further support from their local stop smoking service.
The university needs 400 people to use the trial website before they can proceed to the next phase of the research programme.
For more information visit: http://www.informedhealthchoice.com/quitex/ |
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