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Giving Up Smoking - Support / Resources
Roy Castle Fagends
Roy Castle Fagends take referals for all of Merseyside and the quit smoking section of our website has an up-to-date list of all the places people can go to get support to quit in Liverpool. The address for the relevant support page is:
www.roycastle.org
Department of Health - Quit Smoking Resources
Smoking is the principal avoidable cause of premature death in the UK, killing more than 120,000 a year. This section of the DoH website sets out the Government’s strategies for helping and encouraging smokers to quit and non-smokers not to start. It includes information on tobacco research, regulation and advisory groups.
www.dh.gov.uk
Giving up Smoking
The Department of Health's ongoing 'Don't give up giving up' campaign was launched in December 1999, as part of the Government's initiative to encourage 1.5 million people to give up smoking by 2010. The campaign employs a realistic but supportive approach and this empathetic ethos is embodied in the overall strapline.
www.givingupsmoking.co.uk
British Vascular Foundation
The British Vascular Foundation is a Registered Charity which has been founded to encourage, promote and assist Research into Vascular Disease.
www.bvf.org.uk
Smoke Free North West
Smoke Free North West is a campaign aiming to make the North West a smoke free region - where non-smokers are not exposed to tobacco smoke pollution from second-hand smoke in enclosed public places and workplaces.
www.smokefreenorthwest.co.uk
Heart of Mersey
The Heart of Mersey Coronary Heart Disease prevention programme was launched because Merseyside has some of the highest incidence of CHD in England.
The good news is that the vast majority of CHS is preventable by changing lifestyle and diet.
Heart of Mersey aims to spearhead that change by helping create an environment which makes it easier for people to lead more healthy and active lives, eating better and living and working in a smoke-free environment.
www.heartofmersey.org.uk
Asthma UK
Asthma UK works together with people with asthma, health professionals and researchers to develop and share expertise to help people increase their understanding of asthma and reduce the effect of it on their lives.
www.asthma.org.uk
CancerBACUP
CancerBACUP's mission is to give cancer patients and their families the up-to-date information, practical advice and support they need to reduce the fear and uncertainty of cancer.
www.cancerbacup.org.uk
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Action on Smoking and Health UK
ASH is a campaigning public health charity working for a comprehensive societal response to tobacco aimed at achieving a sharp reduction and eventual elimination of the health problems caused by tobacco.
www.ash.org.uk