Respiratory health and smoking

Download the respiratory health and smoking presentation

This webinar provides a brief overview of how smoking impacts respiratory health, including how:

• Respiratory illness affects the lungs and results in difficulty breathing
• Smoking exacerbates respiratory illnesses such as asthma and the common cold
• Smoking is the leading cause of heart disease, COPD and diabetes. These are all risk factors for COVID-19
• Quitting smoking can significantly reduce your chance of developing it or preventing further damage to the lungs

In this webinar we discuss:

• The benefits of and possible barriers to stopping smoking
• Smoking in pregnancy, its risks and the benefits of stopping
• Second-hand smoking, and how to reduce the risks
• The Targeted Lung Health Check programme, a life-saving programme for Birmingham and Solihull residents aged 55-74 with a history of smoking

Resources

There is a lot of free national support and information available to help you stop or cut down smoking including:

• Help to stop smoking | Birmingham City Council
• NHS smokefree
• NHS smokefree videos
• NHS advice on E-cigarettes
• NHS smoking during pregnancy
• NHS smoking and mental health
• British Heart Foundation (BHF) shisha information and advice
• NHS smoking cost calculator

Page last updated: 27 November 2023