It was an ad in the back of the Match Programme at an Ipswich Town game at Portman Road Football Club that got him thinking he could quit for good. ‘It was for a special stop smoking sessions at the football ground and I just thought that’s for me’.

‘It was somewhere I could go every week and prove I could give up smoking. I would never have gone to my GP. Andy who runs the group is very supportive and the group is just so friendly. You feel the other blokes understand the problems you are going through.

‘They do this CO monitoring where they can test how much carbon monoxide is in your lungs. When I saw the machine go red that was the kick up the backside I really needed!’

Andrew has been quit for three months but now goes back to encourage other smokers to quit and also for a kick around at the ground. ‘I noticed I had put on a bit of a beer belly once I quit smoking. I missed the group and asked Andy if I could come back and be a champion for other members and have a game of football into the bargain.

‘I’m so pleased I have finally quit. The wheezing has completely stopped and I have never felt tempted to start smoking again, even when I go for a beer after work!’