Did you know you are 3 times more likely to quit smoking with the help of your local stop smoking service?
You'll notice some benefits within days or weeks:
- your senses of taste and smell improve
- you start to breathe more easily
- you have more energy.
And the benefits don’t stop there. After a year of being smokefree, your risk of a heart attack halves compared to a smoker's and after 10 years, your risk of death from lung cancer falls to half that of a smoker. You will also be less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, bone disease including osteoporosis, eye disease and dementia.
We offer free, local stop smoking support – so what are you waiting for?
Visit live life better Derbyshire, or tel: 0800 085 2299
Health and wellbeing roadshows
More support is available in the shape of 2 health and wellbeing roadshows being held in the Members' Room at County Hall by our Live Life Better Derbyshire team:
- Friday 10 October, 9am to 1pm
- Thursday 23 October, 1pm to 4pm.
As well as stop smoking advice, there will be representatives from each of the following teams:
If you would like to attend during work time, please get approval from your line manager and email: claire.storer@derbyshire.gov.uk to say which date you would like to attend and which department you are from. This will enable the team to get a good idea about expected numbers.
If you are attending out of work time such as lunch time, please feel free to just drop in.