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New digital stop smoking service launches in Walsall

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The 'My SmokeFree Life’ app will offer a more accessible approach to stop smoking support for those living, working or registered with a GP in Walsall.

Image depicts a man looking at his smartphone. Text - download the My SmokeFree Life app today and begin your journey to a smoke free life!
The My SmokeFree Life Walsall app is now available to download from the Apple and Google Play stores.

A new digital stop smoking service has been launched to tackle smoking in Walsall.  

Walsall Council’s Public Health team is working with MoreLife, a leading healthy lifestyle provider, to roll out the ‘My SmokeFree Life’ app, available to anyone that lives, works, or is registered with a GP in Walsall and is over the age of 18. The app will offer a more accessible approach to stop smoking support, with instant access to information, resources, and support at the tap of a button.  

With over 32,000 smokers in Walsall, smoking is the biggest preventable cause of ill health and early death in the area. Walsall residents who sign up will be provided with a structured 12-week digital programme, with continued access to all its features and functions to prevent a return to the expensive, harmful habit. 

Residents will also have the option to speak to a specialist Stop Smoking Advisor via regular telephone calls, as well as free stop smoking treatments including nicotine patches, gum and inhalators sent straight to them if they feel they need extra support; making them three times more likely to quit.  

This free new service will complement the established stop smoking services across Walsall. It is an opportunity to explore how digital technology can reach and engage people in the area and support them to make long-term, sustainable changes to their health and wellbeing.

“ We are pleased to be working with MoreLife to provide a digital pathway for smokers to quit the habit for good.

Both the app and service are free to download and use. Joining takes a few minutes to complete and once registered, you will be able to unlock the 12-week programme on a weekly basis.

The service not only provides health benefits but also money benefits. You will be able to see how much you have saved and the total number of days smoke free. Badges and certificates will be awarded along the way to keep you motivated towards your goal.

Existing quit smoking services will continue to be available for anyone who may prefer support in other ways. “

Councillor Gary Flint, Portfolio Holder for Wellbeing, Leisure and Public Spaces
Walsall Council

“ Our stop smoking app offers an accessible, practical solution to receiving evidence-based stop smoking support, either on the go or from the comfort of your own home. With the option of having additional support from a stop smoking advisor and 12 weeks of nicotine replacement products, this is our most flexible and adaptable approach to offering high-quality care. “

Caroline Marshall, Clinical Lead for Stop Smoking Services
MoreLife

To access the service simply search for My SmokeFree Life on Apple or Google Play stores, visit www.mysmokefreelifewalsall.co.uk or follow the QR code.  

For general information about quit smoking services within Walsall contact Be Well Walsall on bewellwalsall@maximusuk.co.uk or call 01922 444044.

 

ENDS 

Notes to editor: 

  • MoreLife is an organisation that has been providing health and lifestyle interventions for over 20 years.

  • My SmokeFree Life Walsall app can be downloaded free of charge from the Apple and Google Play stores.

  • Quitting smoking provides many health benefits to fitness, fertility, pregnancy and breastfeeding, family and money. Further information about the benefits are available on the My SmokeFree Life Walsall website.

  • To further promote the health benefits of quitting smoking and maintain motivation, App users can have the option to have their Carbon Monoxide levels checked at a local clinic or at home using a specialist iCO monitor. 

  • My SmokeFree Life provides all its users with a personalised dashboard enabling everyone to track how much money they have saved and the total number of days smoke free, with rewards such as badges and certificates to be collected along the way. 

  • The digital service compliments existing services in Walsall that offer health and wellbeing support: 

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