If you smoke, quitting is one of the best things to do this New Year for better health, more money and for your family.
Quitting smoking this New Year can give you money you never knew you had for household bills, fuel, food, or even towards a holiday in the sun. If you smoke 10 a day, you could be spending nearly £40 a week which is about £1,600 a year.
Going Smokefree gives your lungs the chance to repair, and your breathing will get easier. It is also proven to boost your mental health and leave you feeling calmer. Just the thing to help lift those winter blues.
With the right support, quitting smoking can be easier and less stressful than you might think. Using an alternative nicotine product such as patches, lozenges or a vape will reduce cravings and keep you more comfortable, while you get used to not smoking tobacco.
Work out your quitting journey with support from your local stop smoking service and you are up to three times more likely to quit for good, than by going it alone.
Wendy Page, Interim Deputy Chief Nurse at Hull University Teaching Hospitals said:
“Stopping smoking is one of the best things you will ever do for your health. Support is available for you to make 2023 a happy and healthy new year
I would urge smokers to contact their local stop smoking service to get the best chance of success. They can also provide excellent advice on how to motivate and support someone to keep going, because quitting is much easier when we do it together.”
Even if you have smoked for decades, it can bring you a new lease of life. It is never too late.”
Sarah Wise, Consultant Midwife at North Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals said:
“If anyone is expecting a baby in 2023, Quitting smoking is one of the biggest gifts you can give to them for their future. Not only giving the baby the best start in life, but also improving your own health, so you increase the chances of being there to support them for many years to come”
To support people with not smoking whilst they are admitted to hospital, the NHS is providing all patients who stay for longer than a day with access to an alternative nicotine product and a visit from the hospital NHS Tobacco Dependency Treatment team. Help is also available for staff and visitors, with everyone being asked not to use tobacco on site and to use an alternative product if they need to instead.
This move has already been well received by patients, visitors, and staff, many of which have managed to successfully quit smoking for good after years of tobacco dependence.
