Smoking - Why Quit?

Tobacco smoke contains harmful chemicals like Carbon Monoxide, Gas Chamber Poison, Aeroplane Fuel, Cyanide and even Swamp Gas!
 
22% of all male deaths and 11% of all female deaths are due to smoking. Giving up smoking can reduce the risk of developing many smoking related illnesses. Within 10-15 years of giving up, an ex-smokers' risk of developing lung cancer is only slightly greater than someone who has never smoked.
 
The cost £...
 
The average smoker spends £92,000 in a lifetime on cigarettes; think what else could you spend the money on?
  • A luxury holiday every year for the next thirty years
  • Half share in a holiday cottage in the Peak District
  • His and hers matching Alfa Romeo Spider sport cars, his and hers Kawasaki motorcycles and a Toyota Inchscape 4x4 with leather steering, electric windows and alloy wheels
  • £40 to spend every week eating out in a restaurant for the next forty years
  • Membership of Mountbatten Leisure Centre for the rest of your life and more
For more information and help quitting see these pages:
 
About Smoking
The Scary Stuff
Some Facts About Stopping
Top Ten Tips for Stopping
Secondhand Smoke
Smoke Free Portsmouth
HEALTH IMPROVEMENT & DEVELOPMENT SERVICE,
Civic Centre Offices,
Guildhall Square,
Portsmouth, PO1 2AZ
Tel: 023 9268 8390
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