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Stoptober 2014 Join The Challenge

By: IMPACT Pathways
Added: 03 September 2014

Join the Stoptober Challenge this October!

Nearly a quarter of a million people in England and Wales signed up to Stoptober in 2013, turning their back on their cigarettes to reap the financial, social and health benefits from taking part in the mass 28-day stop smoking challenge.

Research shows that stopping smoking for 28 days makes you 5 times more likely to stay Smokefree for good! Smokers across England and Wales will be taking their first steps towards a healthier, smokefree life, and if they succeed in quitting for good, they could collectively add as much as 4,700 years of life to the population.

However, taking part in Stoptober has delivered even more than the health benefits; there are major savings in time and money:

• The average smoker has 13 cigarettes a day, which equates to 364 cigarettes every 4 weeks.

• Stoptober would have saved the average smoker £141 each over 4 weeks

• If they remain Smokefree, they could save £423 by Christmas and £1,696 in a year!

• With the average cigarette taking approximately 4 minutes to smoke, this Stoptober could have saved the average smoker over 24 hours by not smoking.

To find out more about the Stoptober Challenge, how to get involved and local support available to you, click on the relevant link below:

Smoke Free Bristol - For further information or to book in to our services please call 0117 922 2255 or go to http://www.smokefreebristol.com

Smoke Free S. Glos - Please turn up for the ‘drop in’ (where available) or call us for a free appointment time 01454 865502 or email [email protected]

Stoptober BANES - Contact the team on 01225 831852, email [email protected] or visit Sirona’s Healthy Lifestyles section at www.sirona-cic.org.uk.

North Somerset - Support to Stop Smoking Service on 01275 546 744 or e-mail [email protected].

Smokefree Somerset - Call 0303 033 9840 or Text MYQUIT followed by your name to 80010 or you can email: [email protected]

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