Stoptober 2013 - helping you to quit smoking

[Michael Browne]

During October 2013, thousands of people across England are taking part in Stoptober - a new, exciting 28 day challenge to stop smoking.

 

There's lots of free support to help you along the way - and the great news is that by stopping smoking for 28 days, you are five times more likely to stay smokefree!

 

Stoptober support is available as an online/smartphone app, a Stoptober pack, a 28 day stop smoking text support programme and support via the Smokefree Facebook page.

 

The Stoptober pack is a pack for smokers with facts, tips and tools to support them through the 28 days of Stoptober. The pack contains information on preparing to stop smoking, along with day-to-day support to help them through the 28 days.

 

Smokers will be able to order their Smokefree Kit online from:

www.smokefree.nhs.uk/stoptober

 

 

Stoptober – England and Wales’ mass 28-day stop smoking challenge – is back following its huge success last year, which saw 160,000 people successfully complete the challenge.

 

The campaign is launched by Public Health England (PHE) 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 7 days of life, every 28 days, for the rest of their life.

 

Along with the health benefits, stopping will save 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.

 

Over 8 million people in England smoke and it remains the nation’s biggest killer, with half of long-term smokers dying prematurely from a smoking-related disease. Research shows that those who stop smoking for 28 days are 5 times more likely to stay smokefree and Stoptober’s ambition is to help smokers achieve this goal.