Vic, a middle aged ex smoking female who quit with FGS support looks direct to camera as part of a web banner promoting 2026's No Smoking Day

National No Smoking Day

Wednesday 11th March 2026 - 'No Regrets'

Quitting Smoking Together – Danielle and Sophie’s story

by Deb Cash | 19 February 2026 | Stop smoking | 0 Comments

Danielle Keeble (30) and Sophie Hart (33), both from Ipswich, first met when Sophie moved in next door to Danielle. Three years later, their friendship became the foundation for one of the most significant changes in their lives: giving up smoking. Both Danielle and...

Stop Smoking Group success – Colin’s story

by Deb Cash | 2 February 2026 | Stop smoking, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Colin works at Red Gables in Stowmarket, where we recently hosted one of our stop smoking groups which had been advertised as part of our Stoptober campaign. After several previous attempts to quit in the past, Colin felt ready to stop smoking for good this time, and...

How group sessions supported me to stop smoking – Vic’s story

by Deb Cash | 23 January 2026 | Stop smoking | 0 Comments

Vic joined the stop smoking group in Stowmarket after experiencing multiple health issues which she knew were being caused or aggravated by smoking cigarettes. “I'm always getting chest infections and sinus issues, so I went to talk to my doctor as I just seem to pick...

Finding support to stop smoking with Feel Good Suffolk at Bury Drop In

by Jenna Ingamells | 25 November 2025 | Behaviour Change, Stop smoking | 0 Comments

Feel Good Suffolk support residents across the county to manage a healthy weight, become more active and stop smoking. Stopping smoking is a phenomenal challenge for any smoker, but for those in the community who are facing hardship, additional addictions and...

Support from Feel Good Suffolk helped me quit smoking for good – Victoria’s story

by Jenna Ingamells | 24 November 2025 | Behaviour Change, Stop smoking | 0 Comments

Victoria from Lowestoft smoked 15 cigarettes per day, on and off for 40 years. She had tried quitting numerous times in the past, using different methods every time, but she had never accessed specialist support. After her husband saw a post on Facebook for a Feel...

I have not smoked for 36 months and I feel fantastic – Anita’s story

by Nicki Mayhew | 11 March 2025 | Healthy weight, Stop smoking | 0 Comments

Anita Curzon had been smoking for over 40 years before she finally managed to successfully stop with the support of our Feel Good Suffolk Advisor, Teresa. She has now been smoke-free for more than 36 months and here she tells us what motivated her to stop and how the...

Steven Slater – I wanted to quit for my wife

by Nicki Mayhew | 4 March 2025 | Behaviour Change, Stop smoking | 0 Comments

Steven Slater has accessed support through the Feel Good Suffolk service. We recently caught up with Steven to find out his story... How long had you smoked for? I had smoked for about 60 years! I started when I was about 8 years old…it was just normal, all the films...

Never Stop Trying

by Nicki Mayhew | 27 January 2025 | Behaviour Change, Stop smoking | 0 Comments

Quitting smoking isn’t easy and it can take multiple attempts before you conquer your habit. The reason why it's so hard to quit is nicotine. Nicotine is found in tobacco products, including cigarettes, vapes, cigars and smokeless tobacco. It is highly addictive....

Feel Good this Christmas

by Nicki Mayhew | 18 December 2024 | Be active, Behaviour Change, Healthy weight, Stop smoking | 0 Comments

‘Tis the season to be jolly’ – and for many of us, that means over-indulgence and many hours sitting in front of the television. It is a hard time of year to be watching your health, whether that's counting calories, getting active or quitting smoking. There are so...

International Men’s Day

by Nicki Mayhew | 20 November 2024 | Behaviour Change, Stop smoking | 0 Comments

International Men’s Day coincides with National Lung Cancer Awareness Month which motivated us to take a closer look at the smoking habits of men and more importantly what the impact of those habits might be. You may be surprised by what you read! Generally, men tend...

Would you prefer to see an advisor in person on No Smoking Day?

We are out and about across Suffolk on Wednesday 11th March, to make it easy for you to start the conversation about quitting.

Bury St Edmunds Market

Join us on Market Hill

Anytime between 7am – 5pm

Ipswich Market

9am to 4pm

Stowmarket

Join us at Red Gables, Stowmarket

Drop in anytime between 12.30-3.30pm

Sudbury

Drop in to the cafe in the Kingfisher Leisure Centre

2pm-5pm

Lowestoft

Drop in to Sam’s Cafe

132 Bevan St East, Lowestoft NR32 2AQ

Wickham Market

Drop in to the GP surgery

Felixstowe

Locations to be announced

Saxmundham