May the smoke-free force be with you!
It seems that people from all corners of the galaxy are signing up to making smoking history!
It seems that people from all corners of the galaxy are signing up to making smoking history!
Hundreds of thousands of smokers in Bury and Greater Manchester are massively under-estimating the risks of their addiction ending their life early, a new survey has found.
Health bosses in Bury urge smokers to get free support to quit as a new hard-hitting TV advert highlights how poisons from tar in cigarettes enter the bloodstream and spread all over the body.
Smokers across Bury have been contacting Bury Lifestyle Service to take advantage of their expert help to quit tobacco during Stoptober.
Stoptober is well under way, and Bury Lifestyle Service is waiting to hear from smokers who want to give up the habit.
Bury Lifestyle Service is waiting to hear from smokers who want to give up the habit when the national Stoptober campaign starts this weekend.
Maccabi sports and community club in Bury held its first smokefree football match to promote healthy behaviour to children, and was widely supported by parents asking for ‘more smokefree sports events to be smokefree for children’.
Smokers are being encouraged to celebrate Christmas by quitting through local ‘stop smoking’ services and treat themselves and their loved ones to an extra special gift as they improve their health and save money.
The 28-day Stoptober health challenge is back for its fifth year to encourage smokers to stub out the habit.
NHS Bury CCG has pledged its support to tackle the harm caused by tobacco by standing shoulder-to-shoulder with local health partners.
Bury Council has welcomed laws that came into force today (20 May) which means tobacco made for sale in the UK will have to be sold in drab green packaging with dramatic visual health warnings.
Smokers in Bury are urged to sign up to Stoptober and receive ‘stop smoking’ encouragement from some of the nation’s top comedians.
Bury’s 32,100 smokers are encouraged to kick the habit this October as part of the UK’s annual mass quit attempt – Stoptober.
Two thirds of Bury people who used ‘stop smoking’ services to quit are still tobacco-free a month later.
Families and individuals wanting to learn how to cook healthy food are invited to a new project on Bury Market.
Health chiefs in Bury are backing a new Greater Manchester campaign which calls for a ban on smoking in cars where children are passengers.
More pregnant women in Bury are giving up smoking, according to new figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
During October, smokers in Bury are being encouraged to quit together, as Stoptober – the nation’s biggest ever mass participation stop smoking challenge – launches for its second year.
A new Smokefree Homes and Cars campaign has launched in Bury raising awareness of the dangers that secondhand smoke can cause in enclosed spaces.
Bury Council and Bury Public Health have joined forces to protect children from second-hand smoke in formal play areas across the borough.