Smokers can double their chances to quit this year as the City Council and Health Promotions Service combine their services to offer help and support during two events on National No Smoking Day – today.

Coventry City Council’s Environmental Health student, Joy Adams is calling on smokers to stop by Cathedral Lane Shopping Centre today when she will be handing out free ‘Quit Kits’ to anyone who wants to either stop smoking themselves or has a friend or relative who wants to quit.

The stall, which is based in the cathedral Lanes Shopping Centre will be open from 9am – 2pm. It will give people a chance to get some free advice and information about smoking and all its associated health risks and the benefits of quitting. Free balloons and stickers will also be available for people visiting the stall.

Lucky smokers will also get a chance to win a way to quit smoking. The stall is running a competition with prizes such as free aromatherapy, reflexology and gym sessions.

A Health Check Day is also being run jointly by the Council and Health Promotions Service at the Bangladesh Centre in George Eliot Road, Foleshill.

The ‘Quit and Get Fit’ session which runs from 11am – 2pm includes a free health check and stalls on healthy eating, aromatherapy, chewing tobacco in Psam and advice on quitting.

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Smoking Facts:
Smoking kills about 115,000 people a year in the UK alone. That equals one person every five minutes.
For every cigarette smoked, a smoker’s life will be shortened by five minutes.
The NHS spend at least £500m on treating people with smoking related illnesses every year.