Stephen started attending face to face appointments at our Lupset clinic in Wakefield. He wanted to stop smoking mainly because of underlying health issues. He suffers from a heart condition, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. In April, Stephen decided to act and knew that his health was being directly affected by smoking and eating lots of unhealthy takeaways.
Within a week of using nicotine patches and lozenges, Stephen had quit smoking. He has now embarked on a healthy eating programme and is already feeling the benefits of quitting smoking and says how much nicer food tastes since quitting.
Stephen is a full-time carer for his dad and when doing the gardening it used to take him 4 hours to cut the grass - now he is doing it in 2! He has lots more energy and finding walking much easier since stopping smoking - he is now trying to get his dad to quit too. He says he can’t believe how bad smoking smells to him now and wants to change his clothes every time he has visits his dad.
Stephen is so proud of his quit journey and not only has he stopped smoking, but he has also lost a stone in weight! Well done, Stephen from your advisors here at Yorkshire Smokefree in Wakefield!
