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QUIT SMOKING FOR THE PRICE OF A CUP OF COFFEE
COST OF LIVING CRISIS sees huge increases at Costa Coffee send prices rocketing to £6.15 a cup. https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/19091467/costa-coffee-prices-increase/ The cost of an e-cigarette / disposable vapes range from £3.00 - £6.00, Equivalent of one packet of...
UK MEDIA PUSHING BIG TOBACCO LIES
It seems the UK media are buying into banning flavours claiming they are aimed as children. Schools are going to teach children about the dangers of vaping, which is a good thing but when I was at school it was full of the dangers of smoking. This didn’t act as a...
BENEFITS OF NICOTINE THAT MAY SURPRISE YOU
Nicotine is portrayed as the “Bad guy” from its association with smoking. Because it is the most famous ingredients of tobacco, it has been accused of causing the harms of smoking, when in reality just about everything in burning tobacco causes disease and death...
COMMIT TO QUIT
The cost of smoking to the UK Government is approximately £12.6 billion a year, made up of £1.4 billion spent on social care for smoking related care needs, £2.5 billion spent on NHS services and £8.6 billion of lost productivity in businesses*. But what is smoking...
WHAT ARE NICOTINE RECEPTORS?
When you smoke, your brain changes in response to the very high levels of nicotine delivered by cigarettes. Those brain changes cause you to become addicted to nicotine, and that addiction can make stopping smoking very difficult. Nicotine is the chemical in tobacco...
TRADING STANDARDS ADMIT THEY HAVEN’T GOT THE RESOURCES TO POLICE SHOPS SELLING ILLEGAL VAPES
While the argument the UK Vaping Industry Authority call for harsher penalties for those selling illegal disposable vapes and selling vapes to minors, Trading Standards admit they haven’t got the resources to police it despite the numerous articles you can find by a...
DO YOU WANT TO QUIT SMOKING? WE’RE HERE TO HELP
Smoking is the primary cause of preventable illness and premature death, accounting for approximately 74,600 deaths a year in England. Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body and dramatically reduces both quality of life and life expectancy. Smoking causes lung...
UK GOVERNMENT LEADING THE WAY FOR TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION
A new government scheme will allow smokers to swap cigarettes for vapes in an effort to help them quit. Billed as a ‘world-first’ scheme and unveiled by Health Minister Neil O’Brien, nearly one in five of all smokers in England will be offered a vape starter kit to...
THE LINK BETWEEN MENTAL ILLNESS AND ADDICTION
When you have both a substance abuse problem and a mental health issue such as depression, bipolar disorder, or anxiety, it is called a co-occurring disorder or dual diagnosis. Dealing with substance abuse, alcoholism, or drug addiction is never easy, and it’s even...
EPIDEMIC OF CHILDREN CONSUMING NICOTINE
A worrying trend is emerging that children as young as two years old are consuming nicotine. This is horrific and I’m calling on world leaders to tackle the issue before it gets even worse. When I was at school I was smoking tobacco aged 11 but this is taking it to a...