Be smoke-free and be fitter, happier and better off – #BefreeAchieveMore. Keep on reading to find out how you could benefit.
Improve your fitness and focus
Nicotine is as addictive as heroin, so someone who smokes has to deal with cravings, feelings of stress and irritability that keep coming back. These cravings get in the way of whatever else you need to be doing.
Being smoke-free is good for your fitness and your focus, helping you to get ahead. Physical activity triggers the release of our body’s feel-good hormone, dopamine, which increases the feeling of wellbeing as well as reducing stress and anxiety. For those who are quitting smoking, dopamine released through physical activity actually helps to reduce cravings and improves concentration.
Click on Be smoke-free be fitter for our top tips
Improve your mental health
Although it may feel relaxing, smoking actually increases stress on the body and the brain.
In surveys people who smoke report being less happy than those who do not – and people who stop smoking report that they feel happier afterwards.
Improve your mental health by looking to other, more positive, ways to take a break or to cope with stress.
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Keep your finances on track
Buying a pack a day costs £60 a week, or £250 a month. That will leave a significant hole in any budget.
There are always other things to spend your money on or things you want to save for like driving lessons, nights out or holidays with friends, getting to college or setting up in a place of your own.
Being smoke-free will help to keep your finances on track. If you are a smoker find out how much you could save with this savings calculator.
Click on Be smoke-free be better off for our top tips
Improve your fitness and focus
Nicotine is as addictive as heroin, so someone who smokes has to deal with cravings, feelings of stress and irritability that keep coming back. These cravings get in the way of whatever else you need to be doing.
Being smoke-free is good for your fitness and your focus, helping you to get ahead. Physical activity triggers the release of our body’s feel-good hormone, dopamine, which increases the feeling of wellbeing as well as reducing stress and anxiety. For those who are quitting smoking, dopamine released through physical activity actually helps to reduce cravings and improves concentration.
Click on Be smoke-free be fitter for our top tips
Improve your mental health
Although it may feel relaxing, smoking actually increases stress on the body and the brain.
In surveys people who smoke report being less happy than those who do not – and people who stop smoking report that they feel happier afterwards.
Improve your mental health by looking to other, more positive, ways to take a break or to cope with stress.
Click on Be smoke-free be happier for our top tips
Keep your finances on track
Buying a pack a day costs £60 a week, or £250 a month. That will leave a significant hole in any budget.
There are always other things to spend your money on or things you want to save for like driving lessons, nights out or holidays with friends, getting to college or setting up in a place of your own.
Being smoke-free will help to keep your finances on track. If you are a smoker find out how much you could save with this savings calculator.
Click on Be smoke-free be better off for our top tips
#BefreeAchieveMore is about wanting better for yourself. And you aren’t alone! It’s easier to be smoke-free if others around you are too, so share the benefits of not smoking with your friends.
About the campaign
The period of leaving school or home, or starting college, training or work, brings both challenges and opportunities, and some new risks for taking up smoking – whether you are looking for relaxation or stress relief, something to do or just to go along with others.
So the #BefreeAchieveMore campaign explores three key ways you can achieve more when you are smoke-free – being happier, fitter and more focused and financially better off.
Don’t just take our word for it – in surveys the great majority of those who take up smoking go on to say that they regret it, most people who smoke say that they want to stop and people who stop smoking report that they are happier afterwards.
The places you go to most of the time, whether that be college, university, training or work, can influence the decisions you make. #BefreeAchieveMore will help you to identify with the immediate benefits of not smoking as you navigate new places, opportunities and roles.
You can find further information on how the campaign relates to employability training, youth work or college/university settings on this site.
Resources
Campaign Posters
Here you can download the campaign posters in various formats for commercial and in-house printing.
eLearning
Our free, user-friendly e-learning module will help you understand the basics on how tobacco impacts on young adults
Campaign Launch 2018
Find out more from a short video clip in which Scotland’s Minister for Public Health, Joe Fitzpatrick, welcomes the #BefreeAchieveMore campaign, plus information on the campaign journey so far.
Top Tips
Our easy to read top tips and infographic on how young adults can be fitter, happier and better off, are available to download and print.
Blogs and Social Media
Our blogs give further insight into the rational for the campaign, plus useful social media content.
Evidence supporting the campaign
Here you can find the evidence underpinning our “be fitter, happier and better off” claims, and download Fastfacts sheets that present up to date information supporting the campaign.
Tell us what you think
Please give us feeback on #BeFreeAchieveMore so we can continue to improve and produce new helpful resources.
