EAST YORKS: Thousands of people are continuing to give up smoking, according to figures released by the NHS Information Centre.
Figures for the Yorkshire and Humber region show 8,180 people successfully kicked the habit with help from NHS stop-smoking services between October and December last year.
They also show a further 15,314 people committed to kick the habit by setting a quit date.
Paul Johnston, regional director for public health at NHS Yorkshire and the Humber, the region's strategic health authority, said: "This is great news. The more people who decide to give up the better.
"Giving up smoking can be difficult, but these figures show that people are doing it every day and making a really positive impact on their long term health."
WEST HULL: Dove House Hospice's charity shop in Hessle High Road has moved to a temporary location while refurbishment work takes place.
Charity officials said the temporary premises are a few doors away, next to Boots, and the shop's telephone number is 07805 173443.
Donations of stock are still being accepted.
Dove House Hospice, in Chamberlain Road, east Hull, provides specialist palliative care to adults with life-limiting illnesses.
Anyone who would like more information about the charity can visit www.dovehouse. org.uk
EAST YORKS: A woman is preparing to raise money for a planned Teenage Cancer Trust unit at Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham.
Sharon Mason, medical secretary at the Queen's Centre For Oncology And Haematology, where the unit will be located, will complete the distance on Sunday.
As reported in the Mail last month, the charity planned to open the �200,000 unit, which will include two single rooms and one double room, in February.
But half of the money still needs to be raised and the charity is urging members of the public to get behind the fundraising drive and help raise the final �100,000.
To sponsor Sharon, call 01482 461299.
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