Quit Smoking: Expert Help at Your Pharmacy for a Healthier You

1. Ask at your pharmacy • All the pharmacy staff have the knowledge to help you give up smoking: • Advice on stop smoking products • Carbon monoxide monitoring • Confidential consultations

2. Don’t wait! • Improvement in your: • General health • Fitness • Appearance • Smell • Self Esteem • Sex Life

3. Ready when you are • 78 in 100 male smokers say they intend to give up in the next year • 72 in 100 female smokers plan to quit • Out of 100 unplanned attempts to quit, 65 lasted for at least 6 months • 42 in 100 smokers who went through with a planned attempt, managed to quit for at least six

4. One in 10 is a “secret smoker” • Children hiding habit from their parents • Parents hiding habit from their children • 1 in 10 employees conceal smoking from their employer • 3 out of 10 hide habit from their Doctor

5. No such thing as safe smoking • 450 young people start smoking every day in the UK, 225 of those will die prematurely from a smoke related illness • Though a disease of adults, the origins of most lung cancer is in adolescence – when young people start • Source RCF