EAST Lancashire public health bosses have stepped up their efforts to persuade smokers to quit during ‘Stoptober’ which started yesterday.

They stressed that there was still time to sign-up to the campaign to give up tobacco. Lancashire County Council is urging people to contact its special East Lancashire ‘Quit Squad’ covering Burnley, Pendle, Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Chorley and Rossendale.

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Blackburn with Darwen health boss Mohammed Khan highlighted the case of Iwona Chudzinsk, 36, who got help from the stop smoking clinic at Audley Late Night Pharmacy. She said:“I feel much healthier and have been able to make my home a smoke free area.”