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 is a new service to help people quit smoking. It’s available to mums, dads, carers, in fact anyone who lives with a child under the age of three in 51��¥.

Over 80% of cigarette smoke is invisible and the best thing you can do to protect you and your family from the harms of second-hand smoke is to quit smoking.

You don’t have to give up alone. This friendly service will help with:

• Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)
• 1:1 support with a trained advisor to help you quit and stay on track
• Joint family support sessions if preferred

Louise Langston, Clinical Service Manager for Starting Well Partnership said: “It’s fantastic to offer dedicated support to family members with young children who want to stop smoking. The effects of second-hand smoking on babies and children can be really serious and we hope this new service helps many more homes to become ‘smoke free’.”

Councillor Karen May, Cabinet Member with responsibility for health and wellbeing said: “Quitting smoking is one of the best things you will ever do for your health and the health of your family. Stopping smoking also saves you a lot of money. Someone who smokes 10 cigarettes a day would save over £2,300 a year by quitting.

“With encouraging support from experts and free nicotine replacement therapy, it’s more likely that you will quit for good. I would urge everyone with a young family to seize this opportunity and sign up to the &�Բ�����;�������������.”

Parents can sign up for the new service by emailing: Whcnhs.smokefreehomes@nhs.net to get an appointment. You can also find out more .

Smoke Free Homes is part of the  which provides support to parents, families, children, and young people to live happy, healthy, and fulfilled lives across 51��¥. The partnership works alongside lots of local organisations and community groups including schools and GP surgeries. Identifying and addressing health and wellbeing needs, by empowering families and young people to access support networks and groups in the local community.