Get expert help in your bid to quit smoking

Joanna Feeney, the Stop smoking service team lead at the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, said: “.People are four times more likely to quit smoking if they come along and get help from the stop smoking service.

“While quitting completely is best, switching to an e-cig is estimated to be 95% safer than smoking tobacco.

“No matter what their reasons, if people are thinking about quitting smoking, their best chance of success is to visit one of their local stop smoking sessions.”

To find out how you can get help if you are planning to stop smoking, visit www.nth.nhs.uk/services/stop-smoking-service/ and find out where your nearest local stop smoking clinic.

Alternatively, call (01642) 383819.