Smoking

A Picture of Health

Easy Read information to people with learning disabilities better understand health, illness, lifestyle and treatments including.

This resource was last checked on: 24 April 2013

ASH (Action on Smoking and Health)

Provides advice on quitting and also UK policies and facts about smoking

This resource was last checked on: 11 April 2013

This website includes: Health leaflets that are easy to understand; Films showing visits to health professionals; Information for patients on improving your health and wellbeing ; Information for health professionals on improving the way you work; Useful help-lines and other websites. Topics include: Abuse, Ageing, Alcohol, Asthma, Autism, Blood Test, Bowel and Bladder, Breast examination, Calling an ambulance, Cancer, Chemist, Colds and flu, CT Scan, Death, Dementia, Dentist, Depression, Diabetes, Down syndrome, Ears, Epilepsy, Exercise, Eyes, Feeling upset, Grief, Healthy activities, Healthy eating, Hearing, Heart disease, Hernia, Hospitals, Hygiene, Hypertension, Love and sex, Maternity, Medication, Menopause, Old age, Pain and discomfort, Periods, Physiotherapy, Sexual health, Smear test, Smoking, Staying healthy, Stomach, Sunburn, Teeth, Testicles, Weight

This resource was last checked on: 08 January 2013

Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland)

A good online range of health promotion and public health leaflets covering topics such as: immunisation, speech and communication, infectious diseases, cancer screening, sexual health, feeding in babies and children, pregnancy, asthma and COPD, healthy eating. Some leaflets (on immunisation, HPV, AAA and cancer screening, Hepatitis C, TB and BCG) are available in a range of languages including: Chinese, Irish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Tetum.

This resource was last checked on: 12 February 2013

QUIT

Provides details of methods of quitting smoking

This resource was last checked on: 14 May 2013

Quit Shisha

Information to raise awareness about the effects and harm of smoking shisha

This resource was last checked on: 11 April 2013

QuitFullStop

An online smoking cessation resource providing tools, tips and treatment advice to smokers who want to cut down or stop for good.

This resource was last checked on: 10 January 2013

Smoke Free

NHS website has lots of online information leaflets about smoking to download in some languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Urdu.

This resource was last checked on: 04 September 2012