Smokers in Great Yarmouth and Waveney will next week (Wed 12th) be invited to take part in

“The Great No Smoking Day Challenge.”

Stop smoking advisers from Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT will be at two Tesco stores on Wednesday’s national No Smoking Day to give information and advice to smokers who want to quit.

They will be at Tesco in Yarmouth Road, Gunton, from 9.30am to 1pm and at Tesco in Pasteur Road, Cobholm, from 9am to 1pm.

Vicki Snelgrove, the PCT’s Tobacco Control/Stop Smoking Services Commissioning Adviser, said: “The theme of this year’s No Smoking Day is to challenge smokers to try to give up for a week – and that’s precisely what we’ll be doing.

“We’re hoping that anyone who can stay off cigarettes for a week will be encouraged to carry on longer and, hopefully, stop for good.”

At the invitation of Great Yarmouth Borough Council, stop smoking advisers will be at the town hall from Tuesday to Friday next week to support council staff who want to give up smoking.

* People living in Great Yarmouth looking for help to give up smoking should phone 0800 085 4113 and residents of Waveney 0800 085 6037 (both freephone numbers).