This No Smoking Day, don’t forget that help is available to you if you’re looking for support to kick the habit.

Smokefree Bolton supports local smokers, aged 12 years and over with free personalised support and tobacco replacement therapies. You are three times more likely to succeed with specialist help.

Smoking on our Royal Bolton Hospital site is prohibited, as it is in any of our community settings or buildings, and we want to help our patients to access stop smoking services – to improve your health, and so that you don’t struggle when you’re in our care.

If you are admitted to hospital and you smoke, we have a specialist team on site from The CURE Project, who will work with you to provide nicotine replacement, and follow up support for once you leave hospital.

James Mawrey, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief People Officer at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust said:

We know how challenging it can be to quit smoking, but with such significant risks to your health from smoking, we want to do everything we can to support you to quit.

“Our hospital site is completely smokefree, but we provide all patients in hospital with access to smoking cessation support so that it doesn’t add to the pressures of being unwell in hospital, through our specialist team.

“Please can any visitors to our sites help us to help our patients, by not smoking on site. Around our main entrances are the wards of some our most vulnerable patients; our children’s ward, our maternity unit, and patients recovering from surgery.

“Let’s do everything we can together to keep them safe, and keep our site smokefree.

Did you know?

• Around 44,000 residents smoke across the borough.
• In England, smoking is responsible for one in four cancer deaths and claims the lives of up to two-thirds of its long-term users.
• Quitting smoking can save an average of around £2,000 annually on cigarettes.
• Smoking can cause heart disease, respiratory illnesses, cancer, dementia, and other serious conditions.

To find out more about accessing stop smoking services in Bolton, visit Lets Keep Moving Bolton.