Cornwall Council, GB SMOKEFREE text service helps residents with their smoking cessation efforts
Cornwall Council, GB SMOKEFREE Text Service Cessation
Local residents interested in quitting smoking texted SMOKEFREE to 82228. The Healthy Cornwall sent encouraging follow-up messages throughout January 2023. These messages included referrals to local cessation resources and reminders of the health benefits of cessation. Participants were referred to the NHS Quit Smoking mobile app and an online calculator showing estimated savings from eliminating cigarette purchases.
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A new ‘stop smoking’ text message service is being launched this January to help smokers in Cornwall stub out their habit for good in 2023.
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The text message service stays in touch with people wanting to quit for four weeks.
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