SOMERSET smokers trying to quit will now have support closer to home and their workplace with the launch of a mobile clinic.
Wellness on Wheels is part of the new Smokefreelife service commissioned by Somerset County Council Public Health.
The mobile stop smoking clinic will be staffed by practitioners trained in behaviour change to help clients have the highest possible chance of giving up smoking for good. There are 800-950 deaths in Somerset from smoking each year and for every death there are around twenty people living with serious health conditions as a result of their habit, including cancer, heart disease and strokes.
Cllr. Ann Bown, chair of the Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board, Somerset County Council, said: “Reducing the numbers of smokers in Somerset, and protecting our children and young people from this deadly habit is a public health priority.
"The Wellness on Wheels mobile clinic will provide a confidential space where smokers can get help from qualified practitioners to kick the habit. It will take the stop smoking service out and about.”
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