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AGEING TOO FAST? Face age photo – get yours done here for FREE!

Trish — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:42:40 +0000

Dare to see yourself as a 72 year old smoker?

If yes, then email your photo to trish.oak@kick-it.org.uk (photos should ideally be head shots with eyes facing forward and hair pulled away from the face). We’ll then get on with ageing you as fast as we can before emailing you back with your very own face age photo.

To help us select the appropriate photo template for you, please also include the following personal details in your email: age, gender and ethnicity.

SMOKER’S SURVIVAL KIT

SMOKERS EXPERIENCE PREMATURE AGEING!

	Skin Damage Smoking restricts blood vessels and reduces blood flow to the skin, starving it of oxygen and essential nutrients. Therefore the more a person smokes, the greater the risk of premature wrinkling. Did you know that on average, smokers in their 40s have the same number of wrinkles as non-smokers in their 60s?
	Breathing Difficulties In the UK one in four smokers develop Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) which destroys lung tissue and restricts breathing. In severe cases, sufferers can be left wheelchair bound, requiring oxygen therapy and a carer 24/7. Even in milder cases, sufferers may struggle to climb stairs!
	Male Impotence Up to 120,000 UK men in their 30s and 40s are impotent as a direct result of smoking. Smoking increases the risk of erectile dysfunction by as much as 50% for men in this age category!
	Loss of Vision Smokers are twice as likely to suffer from Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD). This is the leading cause of irreversible vision loss among people aged 55+ in the Western world.
	Gum Disease Smoking and other tobacco use in the UK is responsible for more than half of adult cases of peridontitis (severe gum disease). Peridontitis often results in swollen gums, bad breath and even loss of teeth.
	Loss of hearing Hearing can worsen after only one year of regular smoking and not only occurs in smokers but also in those who breathe in second-hand smoke.

A survival kit like this might help you cope, or you could…

Just ask us to help you quit!
Call: 020 8741 8314

NOTE: Ageing isn’t something that suddenly happens, but is a gradual process. What you do now will affect how quickly you continue to age!

Stopping smoking and becoming more physically active may reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease

Trish — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:03:08 +0000

A study published in Lancet Neurology on July 19^th 2011, has suggested that up to 50% of cases of Alzheimer’s disease are potentially attributable to preventable risk factors, including smoking and inactivity. Public health interventions to stop people smoking (and reduce other risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure and physical and cognitive inactivity) could potentially have a dramatic impact on the number of people who go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease.

Source: Medscape Medical News 20/07/2011

Race for Life – charity fundrising

simon — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:52:52 +0000

This week we are supporting one of our stop smoking advisors, Yasmin Merchant, with is running on the 17th, and fundraising for the Cancer Research UK charity. If you wish to donate too, please go to: www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/yasminmerchant1712/

Stop Smoking, Start Swimming! – Free Guest Pass

Trish — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:00:07 +0000

For a limited time, we will be offering clients who see an advisor at our main office in Galena Road, a FREE guest pass for one day at GLL Leisure Centres in Hammersmith & Fulham upon successfully quitting.

GLL operate the following leisure centres located across the borough:
Hammersmith Fitness and Squash Centre
Lillie Road Fitness Centre
Phoenix Fitness Centre and Janet Adegoke Swimming Pool

The guest pass entitles you to access either a group exercise class, a swimming session or a gym session at the centre of your choice and would be a fantastic opportunity for you to put your newly found energy to good use.

Operation Smokestorm: Online Teaching Tool

Trish — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:59:05 +0000

A new, innovative online tool for teachers has been launched, which endeavours to expose the dark side of the tobacco industry by engaging students in an interactive secret-agent role play. Students are required to blow the lid of this unscrupulous industry, infiltrating a fictional tobacco company, ‘R.I.Payne Tobacco’ by posing as job interview candidates. This resource will be free to all London schools. Visit the LockinLearning website to find out more.

New Product – Nicorette QuickMist

Trish — Wed, 25 May 2011 10:30:55 +0000

There is a new product available to help you stop smoking – Nicorette Quickmist mouthspray, which is a peppermint-flavour spray similar in appearance to a breath freshener spray. It is quick-acting and can safely be used by women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. For an average smoker, one spray replaces a cigarette.

You can obtain Nicorette Quickmist mouthspray on prescription when you sign up with our stop smoking service.
Read more information about the help available.