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Quit smoking video made by paid carer
Couple star in new kick-the-habit film
IN VIDEO … Irene Doyle and David Thompson are starring in a film encouraging others to quit smoking.
By VERITY WARD
Published on Thursday 3 November 2011 13:54
A SOUTH Tyneside couple are starring in a new film to help others quit smoking.
Irene Doyle stubbed out her last cigarette three years ago, after signing up to the NHS’s Stop Smoking Service.
The 52–year–old carer had a 30-a-day habit but decided to stop, along with her partner David Thompson, after both their health and finances began to suffer.
Miss Doyle, of Alice Street, South Shields, said: “It was affecting my health.
“I couldn’t breathe properly and my chest was bad.
“It was also costing a lot.
“After eight years of being off the cigarettes, I couldn’t believe I had started again.
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“Now we both feel so much better and more healthy.
Please give an hour of your time to help someone else get on line
Give an hour Campaign
More about this campaign: http://www.bbc.co.uk/connect/campaigns/give_an_hour.shtml Celebrities from Gaby Logan, Stephen Nolan, Simon Rimmer, Colin Jackson, Linda Robson, Christopher Eccleston, Alvin Hall to Bill and Sian from BBC Breakfast all say who they will be getting online and what they hope to show them, for the Give an Hour Campaign.
More needs to be done for former carers
Calls for more support for former carers in Cornwall
A charity has claimed the government is not doing enough for hundreds of former carers in Cornwall.
There are about 62,000 carers in Cornwall saving the economy £1.2 billion a year, according to Carers UK.
