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Quit
smoking with the help of BBC WM!
BBC
WM (across Coventry and Warwickshire) is looking for people in the
Wood End area of Coventry to be interviewed about their attempts
to give up smoking.
The
search for smokers is part of the Voices project which is a national
BBC venture that sees BBC staff working closely with local people,
giving them an opportunity to tell their own stories.
Moira
Rawlings, BBC WM's Voices producer, wants to find people who are
prepared to try out nicotine patches (for free) and record their
thoughts and feelings as they start a cigarette-free life. Their
diaries will then be broadcast on BBC WM in May.
A special
'no smoking' starter session is being held at Wood End Health Centre,
Deedmore Road on Saturday 26 April between 10.00am and noon for
people who are keen to stub out their habit forever.
Moira
says: "With 12 million adult cigarette smokers in Great Britain*
there have got to be some people in Coventry who want to give up.
"Even
if you don't want to feature on radio you can still come along on
Saturday as free nicotine patches and advice are available to all.
We look forward to seeing potential quitters on Saturday!"
BBC
WM broadcasts across Coventry & Warwickshire on 94.8, 104 &
103.7FM.
Notes
to Editors
*Statistic
courtesy of the Office for National Statistics, 2002.
BBC
raises Voices across the UK (31.10.02)
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