EXPERT help will be available today for people who want to give up smoking.
Darlington Primary Care Trust's "Stop Smoking Service" is holding a quitters fair in the town's Dolphin Centre.
Free advice will be available between 10am and 3pm in the second floor meeting room.
Smokers will be offered support and advice on the best way to give up smoking by specialists Darcy Brown and Claire Askew.
Coronary heart disease specialist nurse Jill Drinkall will have information about the risks of smoking to the heart while healthy lifestyles officer Ruth Brown will have advice about diet, nutrition and exercise.
Mr Brown said: "Lots of people think about quitting around the New Year and we are here to offer them as much help and support as we can."
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