Staff and students at a north-east university are being encouraged to stub it out and quit smoking.
Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen is working in partnership with NHS Grampian’s smoking advice service over the next few weeks.
Among the initiatives that have been set up are weekly smoking cessation sessions and one-to-one meetings at the Garthdeee campus.
The meetings will be free and confidential and will offer carbon monoxide level tests, in addition to medication and therapies to help people cope with nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
Professor Valerie Maehle, dean of the university’s health and social care faculty, said: “The smoking cessation sessions will be a great contribution to the support and advice that the university’s Fit for the Future initiative offers to promote healthy living to the campus community.
“There are many benefits to stopping smoking, including improved health and saving money which would otherwise be spent on cigarettes.
“This approach to stopping smoking is free, friendly and can significantly boost a person’s chances of quitting for good.
“We feel it is important everyone has an equal right to get the support they need and therefore 15-minute, private meetings are also available for those who don’t want to engage in a group or might struggle to fit the scheduled sessions in with their timetables.”
Group sessions will be held in on campus in the Sir Ian Wood Building from noon to 1pm, while the one-to-one drop-in sessions are available from 1 to 2pm.
The initiative will run between March 2 and April 6.