Sydney South West Area Health Service is ready to help people to reduce smoking. It is providing free service for smokers who are ready to quit this New Year.

Another step has been taken by The Michigan Legislature which has put a ban on workplace smoking. Smokers can smoke in designated areas outside and yet patrons and employees can remain smoke-free.

Some organizations are also coming forward for improving public health like Public Health-Muskegon County’s Web site, www. muskegonhealth. net, having started local smoking cessation classes. There is also a Quit Line available, and people looking to quit can simply dial 13 78 48.

A study reveals that after one year of quitting smoking, the chance of developing heart disease decreases by 50 per cent, and quitting before middle age reduces the possibility of developing lung cancer by 90 per cent.

This situation is regarded as a win-win situation with improving public health without any resource wastage.