Month: February 2016

Bedfont Scientific, based in Harrietsham, Kent have made a generous donation to help those wishing to quit on No Smoking Day. They have offered local Stop Smoking Services, several free iCO™ Smokerlyzers® to help with their No Smoking Day promotions.

To recognise World No Smoking day 2016, Bedfont Scientific is working with their local Stop Smoking Services (SSS). By donating a few iCO Smokerlyzers as prizes for competitions, Bedfont hopes to raise awareness of the dangers involved with smoking, encourage people to quit and inform the public about how the Smokerlyzer can help.
 
The Smokerlyzer brand is widely recognised by those who have quit smoking, those who are trying to, and the health advisors that aid them. The name is renowned for its quality and effectiveness in helping people to give up the habit.

The Smokerlyzer range is a series of carbon monoxide (CO) monitors that measures the harmful amount of CO that is inhaled from smoking, which can show how much a patient has been smoking, giving smoking cessation advisors an idea on the level of dependency that the smoker has. The Smokerlyzer is quick, non-invasive and also acts as a motivational visual aid to encourage the user to quit smoking and to measure their progress whilst doing so.

Bedfont Scientific, is celebrating 40 years in business this year and are revered as pioneers in the breath analysis market. Founder, Trevor Smith, created the Smokerlyzer in 1985, which is also celebrating its 30th birthday in 2016.  With more than 514852 units sold since existence, the Smokerlyzer is one of Bedfont’s most successful exports and can now be found in over 61 countries across the world.

Jason Smith, General Manager at Bedfont Scientific, comments,

“ We are pleased to be supporting No Smoking Day in this way by donating some of our products to assist the Stop Smoking Services. According to the HSCIC, smoking was attributable to almost 80,000 deaths in England in 2013, a figure which has not changed since 2003, and 454,700 hospital admissions. Even more alarming are the figures released by the ONS showing that the number of people willing to quit smoking in recent years is stagnating. Bedfont’s aim is to help people quit by highlighting the diseases brought about by CO poisoning through smoking, as well as the benefits of quitting such as preventing cancer and other smoking related diseases.” [1][2]

Photo above, inset: Jane Wright, Public Health Manager at Warwickshire Stop Smoking Service with one of her free iCO Smokerlyzers. 

Local company urges smokers to quit smoking with the Smokerlyzer® for World Cancer Day.

World cancer day takes place every 4th February across the globe and this year the taglines are “A Day to Unite” and “We Can, I Can”, in a bid to show support for all those affected by cancer. The day also aims to increase awareness of cancer and to educate and encourage the world to donate, and help prevent cancer; a disease which claimed the lives of 8.2 million people worldwide in 2012 and is expected to claim up to 13 million by 2030 [1].

Statistics show that lung cancer is the “leading cause of cancer death in men and the second leading cause in women” but unfortunately “smoking is by far the most important risk factor for lung cancer” and the most preventable one (American Cancer Society, 2015) .

 A leading manufacturer of exhaled breath and gas monitoring instruments, who in 2016 are celebrating two important anniversaries – 40 years in business and 30 years of one of their most successful exports – the Smokerlyzer, Bedfont Scientific are revered as pioneers in the medical gas analysis market.

 Jason Smith, General Manager at Bedfont, comments,

“The Smokerlyzer is a breath analysis monitor that detects the harmful amount of carbon monoxide (CO) in your lungs, and therefore your blood, that is inhaled from smoking. Those who smoke can build up high levels of CO in the blood, which can lead to heart disease, circulation problems and high blood pressure. Used in smoking cessation clinics, it is a way to establish a smoker’s status whilst acting as a motivational visual aid to encourage them to quit and to measure their progress whilst doing so, helping to prevent cancer and other smoking related diseases.”

 Jane Wright, Public Health Manager at Warwickshire Stop Smoking Service and long-term advocate of the Smokerlyzer, said,

“The Smokerlyzer CO monitors have been providing support to health professionals and acted as a motivational aid to smokers for the past few decades. Being able to support smokers daily and incorporating stop smoking treatment into their tech-products will massively increase the chance of helping smokers to quit.”

REFERENCES
[1] American Cancer Society. Global Cancer Facts & Figures 3rd Edition. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2015