Stub it out in Stoptober

Last year the event helped 160,000 nationally achieve a smoke-free October and studies show a person who quits for 28 days is five times more likely to stop for good.
The chairman of West Berkshire's Heath and Wellbeing Board, Graham Jones (Con, Lambourn), said: "Stoptober is a great initiative to give up smoking. Smokers receive excellent support and know that thousands of people across the country are backing them in their efforts.
“Stopping smoking provides so many health benefits and there won't be a better time to kick the habit than during Stoptober."
The Public Health England campaign comes as new research shows the extra years of life that can be gained by giving up smoking and staying smokefree.
Someone who quits smoking for Stoptober, and doesn’t smoke again, could gain an extra seven days of life, every 28 days, for the rest of their life.
Along with the health benefits, quitting saves the average smoker over £150 a month and almost £2,000 a year. During last year’s Stoptober campaign, a staggering £25 million was saved by the 160,000 people from not buying cigarettes.
Stoptober provides smokers with a range of free support including a new stop smoking pack, a 28-day mobile phone app and text support with daily updates and quitting advice, detailed tools and tips for coping, as well as the encouragement and support from thousands of people quitting together through Stoptober social media.
For more information and to join the biggest stop smoking challenge of its kind, search ‘Stoptober’ online.