{"id":1600,"date":"2018-03-14T11:43:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T11:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2018-03-14T11:51:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T11:51:28","slug":"national-no-smoking-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2018\/03\/14\/national-no-smoking-day\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s National No Smoking Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is National No Smoking Day<\/strong>, a day\u00a0to\u00a0encourage people to\u00a0take the plunge and quit their smoking habit.\u00a0 We are all aware\u00a0of the negative effects that smoking has on our overall health\u00a0and wellbeing, but kicking the habit can be hard.<\/p>\n

On National No Smoking Day, there are lots of additional resources available to help you on your\u00a0way. You can\u00a0join the #TellUsYourWay campaign by posting on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter and sharing how you’re going to quit, or if you have already stopped you can help others by sharing what worked for you.<\/p>\n

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There are also\u00a0dedicated pages on the NHS website<\/a><\/span>, British Heart Foundation<\/a><\/span> website\u00a0and the Smoke Free website<\/a>,<\/span> all of which are packed with information and tips to help you quit smoking.<\/p>\n

Here in the Faculty, we are also doing our bit to encourage people to stop smoking. Dr. Klonizakis (a Reader at the Centre for Sport and Exercise Science, with experience in community-based, lifestyle interventions)\u00a0is leading a study, which attempts to explore\u00a0the effects of e-cigarettes on the arteries and small veins in people making a stop-smoking attempt. Although e-cigarettes have been widely used as a stop smoking tool by millions of people around the globe, their physiological effects are largely unknown: this exciting\u00a0study, which\u00a0is funded by Heart Research UK\u00a0and brings together SHU and King’s\u00a0College\u00a0London researchers, will attempt to fill the knowledge gap,\u00a0helping – at the same time –\u00a0people to\u00a0quit smoking via three different methods. The study has been running since April 2017 and will continue until June 2020.<\/p>\n

So,\u00a0if you are\u00a0a\u00a0current smoker who wishes to stop smoking and would\u00a0be interested in\u00a0being supported in your stop smoking attempt by experienced advisors and use either e-cigarettes or the NHS stop smoking services, then please\u00a0get in touch.<\/p>\n

All participants will be randomly allocated to one of the three study groups. In one group, participants will receive free nicotine-rich e-cigarettes and refills for a 3-month period as well as advice on how to successfully stop smoking.\u00a0In the second group, participants will receive similar advice as well as complimentary, nicotine-free e-cigarettes and refills for a 3-month period.<\/p>\n

Finally,\u00a0the third group of participants will be referred to the NHS stop smoking services and will be reimbursed by the research team for their stop smoking prescription expenses.\u00a0Participation in the study\u00a0will be free and assessments will take place in Collegiate Hall in Collegiate Crescent Campus of Sheffield Hallam University.\u00a0Participants using their own transport will receive complimentary parking.<\/p>\n

To receive more information, please contact\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Dr. Gareth Jones\u00a0(01142254312,\u00a0HeartResearch@shu.ac.uk<\/a><\/span>) and\/or visit the study website<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is National No Smoking Day, a day\u00a0to\u00a0encourage people to\u00a0take the plunge and quit their smoking habit.\u00a0 We are all aware\u00a0of the negative effects that smoking has on our overall…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2258,"featured_media":1632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"It's National No Smoking Day - How can we help you to help yourself?\r\n\r\n#TellUsYourWay #NoSmokingDay","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21],"tags":[503,504,169,280,502,28,505],"class_list":["post-1600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cigarettes","tag-dr-markos-klonizakis","tag-e-cigarette-research","tag-nhs","tag-no-smoking","tag-research","tag-tell-us-your-way"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/03\/No-Smoking-Day-gallery2.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8KEAX-pO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2977,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2019\/01\/22\/vaping-smokers-who-switch-could-be-less-likely-to-use-cigarettes-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":1600,"position":0},"title":"Vaping: smokers who switch could be less likely to use cigarettes again","author":"Mark Greene","date":"January 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"In an article for The Conversation, Markos Klonizakis, reader in clinical physiology, discusses the benefits and risks of using e-cigarettes to give up smoking. 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