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Help to keep your new start going with our bloggers

Its a new year so why not have a new you? Join our 'new you' bloggers and ditch those horrible habits for 2010.

Published 31/12/2009

Join our 'new start' bloggers and make this the year you finally stub out smoking for good.

The fresh start challenge

Our bloggers have took up the task of making a fresh start. You can follow them as they tried to quit smoking. Although they have finished their challenge we thought their inspiration and the advice from our experts would help you on your plight to quit for good.


Every few days our bloggers updated us with what worked for them, what didn't and what had them flying to the keyboard in joy/rage.


Take up the challenge yourself and find a 'new you' this year.


Blogs


Phil Tufnell
Stop Smoking



Affectionately known throughout the cricketing world as 'The Cat', Phil Tufnell has entertained many television and sporting crowds over the years...

Phil is delighted to be gaining support from Boots to try and quit smoking in January 2010...


Kajel Patel
Stop Smoking



I look forward to sharing my experiences of trying to quit smoking (the good, the bad and the damn right ugly!)...

Working in a high pressure environment gives me plenty of excuses to smoke, but I've finally come to the realisation that...


Jim Thornton
Stop Smoking



Hi my name is Jim and I'm a smoker. I live in East Sussex and married with two teenage children...

I work in advertising in London, am a lifelong Stoke City fan, and love Radio 4, American TV series and movies...



The experts supporting our bloggers

We didn't want to leave our bloggers with no help at all, so we asked two experts to give them – and you – some helpful advice and lots of encouragement as they tried to kick the smoking habit.


        Angela Chalmers
       Boots Pharmacist
Angela Chalmers is a Boots pharmacist with more than 6 years of experience in a variety of Boots stores all over the UK, from Shetland to our flagship store on Oxford Street. She works in a busy North London store where she runs her NHS Stop Smoking clinic & supports people on their journey to being a non-smoker! She is also trained on the Boots Pharmacy Weight loss programme and regularly advises her customers on their weight loss queries.

        Vicky Pennington
 Boots Nutritionist Expert
Vicky Pennington is the Boots expert nutritionist with over 20 years' experience. Her role at our Nottingham Support Office allows her to utilise her nutritional expertise to support the development of products and information across many areas of Boots business including diet in pregnancy, feeding babies and young children, healthy eating, food ranges, weight management and vitamin and mineral supplements.



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Related categories:
Stop smoking
The Stop Smoking Service from Boots
Weight Management
Diet & Weight Loss
Boots Weight Loss Programme

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