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2. Liz Fisher Head of Provider Service Tobacco Control Manager Janka Szocs Stop Smoking Specialist Hertfordshire Stop Smoking Service

3. www.hertsdirect.org Single most important cause of premature morbidity and mortality Kills 80,000 people prematurely in England alone Accounts for 50% of health inequalities between better and worst off – gap is widening Disproportionately affects most deprived communities and groups Why this is important

4. www.hertsdirect.org Welcome to Level 2 Training Day One Hertfordshire Smoking Prevalence* % Local Tobacco Profiles 2012*: http://www.tobaccoprofiles.info http://www.tobaccoprofiles.info *Note - wide confidence intervals

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6. Reduced O2 carrying capacity of blood (CO – affinity for binding with haemoglobin x 400 greater What’s in a cigarette - Effects on all organs – short and long term Reduced performance/ reduced desire to participate in sport Benefits of sport to reduce uptake of smoking by young people Physiology of smoking and sport

7. www.hertsdirect.org Nicotine is less harmful than Tar and Carbon Monoxide Nicotine is the addictive element in tobacco ingredients in tobacco smoke Tar Most dangerous are: Carbon Monoxide

8. www.hertsdirect.org Less oxygen reaches the brain causing dizziness Gum disease and bad breath Reduces taste and smell Coughs and shortness of breath Feel sick Less oxygen to the lungs Increases your blood pressure Heart beats faster Stained fingers and teeth Short term effect Long term effects

9. www.hertsdirect.org Helping adults to quit Advertising and role models (local people engaging in sport as well as celebrities such as Ashley Cole (Think Embassy World Snooker Championships/Benson and Hedges sponsorship of grand prix) Positive role models – making non-smoking the norm Tobacco Control Preventing the uptake of smoking in young people

10. www.hertsdirect.org All children and young people to be smoke free and participate in physical activity and sport in a smoke free environment.“ Children and young people can participate and enjoy physical activity and sport in a clean, smoke free environment. Areas where outdoor sport and recreation take place smoke free protects children and young people from second hand smoke and helps de-normalise smoking. Everyone involved in physical activity and sport is an important role model and has a responsibility to set an example with respect to healthy lifestyles and smoking. Create a tobacco free culture where children and young people can live, love and breathe physical activity and sport, not smoke. * Adapted from Liverpool Smokefree Sports Charter Proposed Ambitions*

11. www.hertsdirect.org Smokefree Champions – Charlton Athletic Watford Football Club Smokefree Sports Charter: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/smokefree-sports-charter/ Hertsmere Borough Council, Watford Borough Council, Broxbourne Borough Council Smokefree playgrounds https://www.easterncheshireccg.nhs.uk/Downloads/News-Events/Smokefree%20Sports/ SMOKEFREE%20SPORTS%202012-13%20Final%20Project%20Report.pdf Examples of Good Practice

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