Quitting smoking can be a challenge. But as thousands across Greater Manchester have discovered, it can be done. By drawing on the free support available locally, smokers are three times more likely to quit than with willpower alone.
At the start of the pandemic, there was concern for the many smokers who may have struggled to access stop smoking services due to stay-at-home restrictions, and many ex-smokers were at risk of starting again due to added stress factors, anxiety and boredom.
Smokers were also at an increased risk of suffering severe symptoms or being hospitalised with Covid-19, due to years of smoking damaging their lungs and immune system, making it harder to fight infections and respiratory illnesses.
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