Do you smoke, vape, chew tobacco or use shisha & want to stop for Ramadan?

Advice and Information - 13 March 2024

Are you thinking about making a healthy change during Ramadan? If you smoke, vape, chew tobacco, or use shisha, and want to stop, Via Redbridge can help.

Did you know that just 1 shisha session of 20-80 minutes produces the same amount of carbon monoxide as smoking over 100 cigarettes? Just like regular cigarette smoking, toxins from tobacco-based shisha puts you at risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases, cancer, respiratory infections and conditions and a nicotine addiction.

Using shisha and tobacco also affects our sense of smell – and that means less pleasure from all the wonderful food for Iftar!

And although chewing tobacco does not produce any smoke, is still contains nicotine which is addictive. Chewing tobacco is harmful and can lead to mouth cancer and other problems.

If you want to use this Ramadan as an opportunity to quit smoking, vaping, chewing tobacco or shisha, Via Redbridge can support you. Their confidential service is completely FREE, and includes one-to-one support with a specialist advisor and nicotine replacement patches, that are permitted to be used during your fast.

Contact them today, to make a healthy change that can take you through Ramadan, and beyond.

Self-referral is easy, just text BREATHE to 82228.

To find out more, viaorg.uk/services/redbridge-quits-smoking/

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