“Smoking is a terrible addiction but you can stop it and I have not looked back.”
A Northern Ireland woman, who has been a smoker since the age of 21, has opened up on how she has quit her 20-a-day habit and embraced a zest for fitness.
Michelle explained: “I asked if I could see the Team and so they came to see me while I was on the ward. They explained how they could help me, that it was a 12 week programme and the support that was available. When I was discharged from the hospital – and I have to be honest – I took off my nicotine patch that I had been wearing and had a cigarette.
The 53-year-old has now chalked up a whole year of being a non-smoker and even transformed her home into a gym as she explained: “I started exercising and making small changes very slowly at the start of my giving up cigarettes, the Couch to 5K app has been amazing for me and I’m running for 30 minutes, three times a week now and I go swimming every Saturday.”
South Eastern Trust Smoking Cessation Co-ordinator Karen McCann says she and the team feel the utmost pride when they hear of patients who see their health improving when they take part in the programme. South Eastern Trust Health Improvement Midwife Lisa Caddy and fellow Midwife Emily Moss work within the hospital Stop Smoking team to provide a specialist service to pregnant women called ‘Smokefree Wombs’.
Fitness And Wellbeing Real Life Health South Eastern Trust Public Health Agency Northern Ireland
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