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| Manchester Stop Smoking Service holds events for the public to provide information on support available across the city. Events also provide the opportunity for people to receive the support they need to help them go smokefree. |
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| Your New Year’s Resolution could be worth up to £500! |
A new Stop Smoking Service campaign has been launched to encourage you to quit smoking and save money!
If you stop smoking for 10 weeks you could save up to £400 of your own money. You will also be entered into a free prize draw to win £100 high street vouchers.
All you have to do is drop in to one of the following centres to get your free, confidential support to quit smoking from a trained stop smoking advisor:
Church of the Saviour
Eggington Street
Collyhurst
Manchester M40 7RN
Every Tuesday from 11.00am – 1.00pm |
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Collyhurst Children’s Centre
Teignmouth Avenue
Collyhurst
Manchester M40 7QD
Every Wednesday 1.00 – 3.00pm
Harpurhey Market
Church Lane
Off Rochdale Road
Harpurhey
Manchester M9 4DH
Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays from 9.00am – 2.00pm
Harpurhey Health Centre
Community Reception
1 Church Lane
Harpurhey
Manchester M9 4BE
Every Wednesday from 10.00am – 2.00pm
For more information download a copy of the leaflet here. Contact Manchester Stop Smoking Service tel: 0161 205 5998.
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| Win £250 at Christmas Coffee Morning |
You are invited to the Church of the Saviour's Christmas coffee morning where Manchester Stop Smoking Service's prize draw will take place & winners announced for £250 high street vouchers, iPod and bonus prizes.
For your chance to enter and win, come along...
Tuesday 13 December 2011
11.00am - 1.00pm
Church of the Saviour
Eggington Road
Collyhurst
Manchester M40 7RN
For more information tel: 0161 205 5998 or text smoke with your name to 81025 |
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| Last Updated 10-11-11 |
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| Smokefree Ramadan Campaign 2011 |
Stop Smoking this Ramadan and protect your family from the harmful effects of breathing in other people’s cigarette smoke (second hand smoke) by making your home smokefree. Ramadan starts on the 1st August 2011 and runs for 30 days.
For confidential support to quit call Manchester Stop Smoking Service on 0161 205 5998. Get your free Miswak dental stick (known to reduce cigarette cravings) when you sign up to stop smoking.
To register on Manchester’s Smokefree Homes scheme click here and enter a free prize draw to win £250 of home vouchers.
For more information on Manchester Stop Smoking Service’s Smokefree Ramadan campaign click here. |
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| Last Updated 01-08-11 |
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| Be aware of Chemical Soup during Ramadan 2011 |
During Ramadan 2011 Manchester Stop Smoking Service is raising awareness on the benefits of going smokefree through their ‘Chemical Soup’ concept. The campaign aims to help protect your family from the harmful effects of breathing in other people’s cigarette smoke (second hand smoke) by making your home smokefree.
The following is a list of some of the chemicals that are in a cigarette and what they are used for: |
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Used for: |
| Sticky tar |
Road or roof sealant |
| Acetone |
Paint stripper |
| Ammonia |
Toilet cleaner |
| Arsenic |
Rat poison |
| Benzene |
Petrol |
| Butane |
Lighter fuel |
| Formaldehyde |
Embalming fluid |
| Naphthalene |
Mothballs |
| Methanol |
Anti-freeze |
| Cadmium |
Old car batteries |
| Shellac |
Wood varnish |
| Cyanide |
Gas chambers |
| Polonium 210 |
Fertiliser |
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Would you let your children play nearby with these chemicals bubbling away on a stove? These are some of the chemicals your children are breathing if someone smokes inside your house.
When your home is smokefree children are likely to be healthier, with less risk of illnesses such as coughing, wheezing and chest infections, asthma, middle ear infection, learning difficulties and behavioural problems.
There are more than 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke. Most of them are invisible and have no smell. When people smoke, they are breathing all these chemicals which are dangerous to health.
As well as cigarette smoking, many people use tobacco in other ways, such as smoking Hookah, Shisha pipes, Bidis and chew tobacco. The World Health Organisation’s research shows that the smoke that emerges from Shisha pipe smoking contains numerous toxins known to cause lung cancer, heart disease among the many other diseases 1.
To get free confidential support to quit smoking call Manchester Stop Smoking Service on 0161 205 5998 or text QUIT with your name and postcode to 81066. You will receive a free Miswak dental stick when you sign up to stop smoking during Ramadan. There is anecdotal evidence to suggest that the Miswak stick is sometimes used as an alternative to smoking 2, as it mimics the hand to mouth action of people who smoke.
Protect children from tobacco smoke and keep your home and car completely smokefree. Click here to join Manchester’s Smokefree Homes scheme and enter a free prize draw to win £250 home vouchers.
1 World Health Organisation, water pipe tobacco smoking Click here
2 Miswak (chewing stick): A Cultural and Scientific Heritage. Saudi Dental Journal 1999/Volume 11 Number 2; 80-88 (pg 4 item 6) Click here |
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| Win prizes when you join us for a cuppa! |
For your chance to win £250 of high street vouchers & an iPod come along and get support to stop smoking at a new drop in service every week at Church of the Saviour’s coffee morning starting:
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Venue |
| Tuesday 14 June |
11.00am – 1.00pm |
Church of the Saviour
Eggington Street
Manchester M40 7RN |
Just drop in to receive free confidential one to one support for a specialist stop smoking advisor to start your smokefree journey.
Free refreshments – free prize draw
For more information contact Manchester Stop Smoking Service tel: 205 5998 or text smoke with you’re your name to 81025.
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| Last Updated 20-05-11 |
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| Manchester wants to know if you have the quit factor to be face of new campaign |
Manchester Stop Smoking Service is looking for anyone who smokes or has successfully quit smoking to be the face of a new Quit-Factor campaign. To enter the competition people can get on board the Quit-Factor media bus which will be in Manchester on the following dates:
| Date |
Venue |
| Tuesday 11 January |
Piccadilly Gardens,
M1 1LY |
| Monday 24 January |
Wythenshawe Forum Centre,
Forum Square, Wythenshawe M22 5RX |
| Tuesday 25 January |
North City Shopping Centre,
Lee Road, Harpurhey M9 4DH |
| Wednesday 26 January |
Longsight Market,
Decombe Road, M13 0WG |
You can also enter the Quit-Factor competition online,
visit www.iloveme.org.uk.
For further information contact Jenny Cowell 0161 861 2588 or email jenny.cowell@manchester.nhs.uk. |
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