Want to stop smoking?

It is estimated that over two thirds of smokers would like to stop so you are not alone.

Find information about stopping smoking and how to get free support if you, or someone you know, wants to stop smoking.

If you need further persuasion, find out just how much your habit is costing you with the excellent Stop Smoking Wales Calculator.

Half of all smokers who use Stop Smoking Wales are still not smoking after 4 weeks.

Sessions are run in local venues in the Vale of Glamorgan, including Broadstreet GP surgery, Barry Hospital, and Penarth Health Centre. Sessions and groups are run at various times during the day and evenings

• Stop Smoking Wales

Links to other useful websites

General Information

• ASH     Loads of information and links to lots of other sites 
• ASH Wales  Wales Action on Smoking and Health

Smoking Cessation (giving up)

• Smokefree Action    NHS quit site  
• Quit   Australian National Tobacco Campaign                                     

Television adverts and web videos

• QUIT web videos   “Sexiness in a stick” and “The Ventriloquist” (for teenagers)

Annual Campaigns

• No Smoking Day    The annual campaign on 2^nd Wednesday in March
• World No Tobacco Day   US Coalition site , 31 March each year

Info from around the world

• Tobacco Control Supersite    Prof Simon Chapman, University of Sydney, Australia, really good site with lots of links.
• Joe Chemo   (not Joe Camel) How young people are manipulated 
• ASH Scotland               
• Globalink    Global tobacco control network

National/international agencies and government:

Wales

• National Assembly                     
• Chief Medical Officer for Wales
• Chief Medical Officer’ Smoking pages         
• Healthy Schools    School resources from the National Assembly
• NHS Direct Wales                               

 United Kingdom

•  UK Government 
• UK Government Department of Health - tobacco section
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health (includes assessment of new drugs)

Europe

•  European Commission    European Commission network for Smoking Prevention
• World Health Organisation   World Health Organisation Tobacco Free Initiative

Media and Resources

•  BBC     British Broadcasting Company health page
• GASP   Great source of resources from our mate Cecilia Farren
• Comic Company   Source of resources for young people