WANT TO STOP SMOKING.. PHARMACY HAS THE ANSWER

LONDON, March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Local community pharmacies are ideally placed to offer expert advice to
over two million smokers looking for help to stop smoking on No Smoking Day,
14 March 2007.


A Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) spokesperson,
said: "Community Pharmacies are found in places where people live, work and
shop and therefore are easily accessible. Pharmacists are highly trained
health professionals able to provide expert advice and treatment for smokers
who are serious about quitting."


Make a fresh start is the theme for No Smoking Day 2007, it is about
educating smokers of the benefits of a smoke free life; the detrimental
health effects, the financial cost, and the pollution that are just a few of
the many negatives of smoking.


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Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain's Public Relations Unit,
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Notes to Editors:


For further information about no smoking day visit
www.nosmokingday.org.uk.


The Society's press office may be able to arrange for you to speak to a
pharmacist in your local area, or a named local pharmacist to whom you can
attribute the Society's quote. Please contact us for more details.


Smoking bans in public places come into force on 1 July in England, 1
April in Wales, and are already effective in Scotland.



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