Category — Quit Smoking

Well it will be a happy no smoking day if you take some steps to give up smokng today. Best of luck to everyone!

This Wednesday (11th March) is this this year’s No Smoking Day.

Their strapline this year is “Take your first step”. I hope that everyone thinking about quitting uses the day as an extra incentive to take some action. There’s a superb amount of information on the official No Smoking Day website. Here’s a list of helpful pages to see you on your way to giving up.

Stop Smoking Help

• Why should i quit smoking?
• How to quit smoking
• Get some help
• Tell your friends with an e-card
• Find No Smoking Day events near you

As mentioned in my post yesterday Banntyne’s are offering free health checks. Here’s the link to their site which helps you to find your local health check opportunity.
Fitness First also have a promotion on which grants you 5 day guest membership. This great offer also includes a free lung efficiency test! For information click here.

Best of luck on the day if you’re going to quit!

Nope i’m not lying you really can win money by quitting smoking! The competition has been developed by the National Public Health Institute in Finland and is now endorsed by the World Health Organisation. It’s main goal is stop young people, between the age of 14-25, quit smoking and to stay that way.

Competitors have to be able to quit smoking for more than 4 weeks to able to win the prizes. It’s even open to non smokers too – if you can keep up your abstinence for the same amount of time. (not quite sure how that would work).

The great thing is this another initiative to quit smoking. Electronic cigarettes are also helping people give up by providing more control of where and how you give up.

Quit and Win isn’t just in one country either. As well as the UK it’s also being organised in Germany, Finland, Spain, Greece, Iceland and Sweden.

Read more about Quit and Win here

What better day could you choose to give up smoking than the first day of spring!

In true British weather irony we have a cold snap approaching for the start of Spring. Hopefully lots of Snow.

Hope you all enjoy your Easter break and the First Day of Spring!

At work we have recently acquired some Giant African Land Snails. They’re cool beasties and are actually more interesting than most pets. Stated clearly at the bottom of the user manual that we have it says “Cigarette smoke can seriously damage the health of your pet”. So let that be lesson to you if you’re a smoker and thinking about buying some lovable molluscs. Another reason to quit smoking!

For further information on Giant Land Snails see the How to care for Giant African Land Snails video below:

How To Care For Giant African Land Snails