Topic - Smoking
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- Smokefree Services
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Smokefree Services website provides information about the stop smoking services and support in your area. The site also offers tips on quitting and real life stories of people who have successfully stopped smoking. - Action on Smoking and Health
ASH Scotland is the leading voluntary organisation campaigning for effective tobacco control legislation ASH Scotland has played a key role in raising awareness about tobacco use and its harmful effects and has contributed to the implementation of effective public health policies to help smokers to quit and to protect children from tobacco. This site contains a list of resources, statistics and a section on smoking issues. - Aspire
Aspire magazine, in pdf format, supports individuals who wish to overcome nicotine addiction and succeed in stopping smoking. The pdf is also available in Chinese, Urdu and Polish language versions. - Scotsman.com News - Tobacco
Latest news stories from the Scotsman online relating specifically to smoking and tobacco. - Go somkefree
Go Somkefree is an NHS site whose purpose is to offer advice and support to people who want to give up smoking. The site includes information on why you should give up smoking, how to give it up and how to stay off smoking, as well as an email motivator service to enable you to sign up for ongoing support, advice and motivation. Other features include contact details for your nearest NHS Stop Smoking Service, free publications, information on the Tackling Smoking in the Workplace Project, and information on the NHS Smoking Helpline. - QUIT: The UK Charity that helps people give up smoking
QUIT is the independent charity whose aim is to save lives by helping smokers to stop. This site contains contact details for individual advice, success stories from those who have quit and sections for both teenagers and pregnant women. There is also the opportunity to donate online. - Staying Hard
Interactive campaign website which aims to raise awareness amongst young men of the connection between smoking and impotence. The website offers information and support on stopping smoking. - Ugly Smoking
Campaign website which aims to raise awareness amongst young women of the impact of smoking on aspects of personal grooming, highlighting the damage to hair, skin and teeth. The site offers information and support on stopping smoking.
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