Tried and tested stop smoking tips revealed

Pretending to smoke a pencil instead of a cigarette, using a toothpick to keep hands occupied or substituting your fag fix for fun in the bedroom - silly as they might sound, these are just some of the tried-and-tested methods that have proved successful for real-life quitters.

In England alone, over 80,000 deaths per year are due to smoking, a significant portion of the nation’s 8.5 million smokers. Over the past few month people across Europe have been sharing their real-life quit tips online for the European Union’s “HELP” campaign, and now our live and interactive Web TV show will be revealing the best tips. So if you’re one of the 69% of smokers trying to give up the habit, or know a close friend or family member who is trying to quit, make sure you tune in.

Before the show you can get involved by submit your own top tips – if they worked for you, chances are they might also work for someone else. Also featuring on the show for some expert advice is Professor Gerard Hastings, the Director of the Institute for Social Marketing and the Cancer Research UK Centre for Tobacco Control Research. He’ll be joined by Alison Walsh the Youth Presenter & Advisor for QUIT, an independent charity whose aim is to save lives by helping smokers to stop.

Gerard Hastings and Alison Walsh join us live online to discuss the top tips to quitting smoking at:
webchats.tv/chat/tried_and_tested_stop_smoking
on Friday 16th October at 3pm.

For more information visit uk-en.help-eu.com.