National No Smoking Day 8th March

No Smoking Day is an annual health awareness day in the United Kingdom which is intended to help smokers who want to quit smoking.

For support and tips on how to quit, click here. Or if you're looking to help someone quit there a further resources to help support.

There are always health and financial benefits to quitting smoking, but quitting now will help you:

1. Reduce your risk of diseases caused by smoking such as cancer, diabetes, heart attack, emphysema, bronchitis and stroke. Quitting will improve your health, and reduce pressure on the NHS.

2. Stopping smoking allows your body to repair itself – after 8 hours oxygen levels return to normal, after 2 days, your lungs start clearing out smoking debris, after 3 days breathing becomes easier and within weeks, your heart attack risk begins to drop. Watch this film which explains all the benefits of quitting.

3. Protect the health of others. Exposure to second hand smoke also increases the risk of complications from respiratory infections, especially in children. It also increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes and cancer.