Stopping smoking matters NOW more than ever
If you smoke, quitting is one of the best ways to protect yourself and others, and reduce your need to use the NHS. It’s never too late to quit. From the moment you quit your body starts to repair itself.
Why stopping smoking matters now more than ever:
- Reduce the likelihood of life-threatening complications from COVID-19. Smoking damages your lungs and immune system putting you at more risk of serious complications if you get COVID-19.
- Reduce your risk of other diseases caused by smoking such as cancer, diabetes, heart attack, emphysema, bronchitis and stroke. Quitting is one of the best ways to protect yourself and others, and reduce your need to use the NHS.
- Stopping smoking allows your body to repair itself – after 8 hours oxygen levels return to normal, after 2 days, your lungs start clearing out smoking debris, after 3 days breathing becomes easier and within weeks, your heart attack risk begins to drop. Watch this film which explains how quickly things happen.
- Protect the health of others. Exposure to secondhand smoke also increases the risk of complications from respiratory infections and, in adults, heart attacks, strokes and cancer. During this time, when we are all at home, it’s important to protect others from tobacco smoke.
If you’re trying to quit you don’t have to go it alone – contact our FREE Smokefree Blackpool helpline today for advice and support, including access to FREE nicotine replacement therapy to help you quit or download our app today.
There has never been a better time to quit. Join the conversation #quitforcovid