Do you smoke?
Wish you didn't?
We've put together this page to help you, wherever you are on your journey to quitting.
For free, local, face to face support:
Visit Bury Directory to register for
- Allen Carr’s Easyway - free, in person, 5 hour sessions with a 90% success rate, worth £380 (funded by Bury Council) **limited spaces**
- one-to-one behavioural support, face to face or telephone/video calls or both plus community drop in sessions - locations across the Bury towns with Bury Live Well
More options:
- free Quit Smoking app
- advice and support below to help you give up
all from The NHS and Better Health - click here to visit the website.
Have you tried to quit before? Well #NeverQuitQuitting - MakeSmokingHistory has local support and advice below to help you keep on trying to quit, including the
Greater Manchester Stop Smoking Helpline (Monday to Friday 9am - 8pm; Saturday and Sunday 11am - 4pm, including bank holidays. Calls are free.) on 0300 123 1044 or visit the website here.
Why stop smoking?
- Quitting can have an almost instant, positive effect on your heart, lungs and circulation. Do you have constant chest infections or a permanent cough? Stopping smoking could reduce or cure these and the benefits carry on accumulating for years after you quit too.
- Smoke to relax? Your body is fibbing to you - smoking actually creates a feeling of tension when you start to crave another cigarette, which is eased temporarily when you smoke another one. So it does feel like the cigarette has calmed you down, but only because the nicotine made you feel stressed in the first place. Quitting smoking can actually improve your mood and relieve stress, anxiety and depression. Find out more about this here on the NHS website.
- Save money!
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Remember - smoking is an addiction so it's not an easy ride to give it up.
Be kind to yourself for your efforts and give yourself credit for the steps you've taken so far, even if a few of them are backwards!
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