{"id":3266,"date":"2013-10-02T17:04:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T16:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doctorfox.co.uk\/news\/?p=3266"},"modified":"2021-12-08T11:56:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T11:56:39","slug":"join-stoptober-and-stop-smoking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doctorfox.co.uk\/news\/join-stoptober-and-stop-smoking\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Stoptober and Stop Smoking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"last-updated entry-meta colour-grey\"><small>Last updated 8 December 2021<\/small><\/p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/smokefree\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/stoptober.png\" alt=\"stoptober\" width=\"228\" height=\"114\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Why Stoptober?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Over <b>160,000 people stopped smoking for 28 days<\/b> in Stoptober 2012<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/smokers-encouraged-to-take-part-in-stoptober-as-they-report-smoking-more-during-pandemic\">2.3 million have joined the campaign to stop smoking since it launched in 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Smokers who give up for <b>4 weeks are 5 times more likely to give up smoking<\/b> for good<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why Stop?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Those who stop around the age of 30, <b>reduce their risk of premature death by 97%<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Smoking is the biggest killer in the UK<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Half of all long-term smokers die from smoke-related disease<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Why Stop Now?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>After 12 hours, <b>heart-rate, blood pressure and oxygen levels return to normal<\/b><\/li>\n<li>After 24 hours carbon monoxide is removed and lungs start to clear and <b>risk of heart attack decreases<\/b><\/li>\n<li>After 48 hours <b>nicotine has left your body<\/b>, nerve-endings start to re-grow and sense of taste and smell improves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why Continue to Stop?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>After a year without smoking, your <b>risk for heart disease is lowered to 50%<\/b> compared to when you were still smoking<\/li>\n<li>After 5-15 years of being smoke-free, your <b>risk of having a stroke is the same as someone who doesn\u2019t smoke<\/b><\/li>\n<li>10 years after quitting, your <b>risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, oesophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas also decreases<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why EVERYONE Should Stop<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>By the <b>age of 15, around 20% of children are active smokers<\/b>, based on cotinine levels in saliva<\/li>\n<li>Approximately <b>40% of smokers started smoking before the age of 16<\/b><\/li>\n<li>The risk of lung cancer increases by about 25% in non-smokers exposed to passive smoke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why the country should stop<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Treating smoke-related diseases <b>costs the NHS approximately \u00a32.7 billion a year<\/b><\/li>\n<li>A 20-a-day <b>smoker spends around \u00a32,000 a year on smoking<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Reduced smoking in the UK has a net benefit of \u00a31.7 billion a year<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Convinced yet? Join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/smokefree\">Stoptober<\/a> and give up smoking this October.<\/p>\n<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancerresearchuk.org\/about-cancer\/causes-of-cancer\/smoking-and-cancer\">Smoking, tobacco and cancer | Cancer Research UK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/health-and-families\/health-news\/268000-pledge-to-quit-smoking-for-stoptober-8229016.html\">http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/health-and-families\/health-news\/268000-pledge-to-quit-smoking-for-stoptober-8229016.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/smokers-encouraged-to-take-part-in-stoptober-as-they-report-smoking-more-during-pandemic\">Smokers encouraged to take part in Stoptober, as they report smoking more during pandemic &#8211; GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ash.org.uk\/home\/\">Action on Smoking and Health (ash.org.uk)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last updated 8 December 2021 Why Stoptober? 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