Seven weeks to go smokefree

May 20, 2019

With only seven weeks to go before our Trust goes smokefree on 5 July, we’ve asked colleagues, visitors and patients about why it matters.

Here is what respiratory consultant Dr Ziaudeen Ansari  said:

“It is very frustrating to see patients in our respiratory clinics who present with COPD and lung cancer due to smoking, as they have already damaged their lungs due to smoking, without realising the consequences of their behaviour. However stopping smoking even after diagnosis will help their breathing, so I would urge anyone who smokes to stop in order to improve their lung health.”