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Nanaimo doctor offers workshop to help people quit smoking

NANAIMO – Workshop part of City of Nanaimo, Island Health lunch-and-learn series.
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Dr. Derek Poteryko wants to help people kick the need for nicotine in 2017.

Poteryko is Island Health’s medical director of community health for Nanaimo and is offering a lunch-and-learn workshop, Quit Smoking for Good, on Wednesday (Jan. 18).

Quit Smoking for Good is part of an ongoing lunch-and-learn series created as part of a wellness partnership between Island Health and the City of Nanaimo. Cost is $2 and the class runs from noon to 12:45 p.m. at the Beban Park social centre.

There are two more lunch-and-learns in the series – Heart Health on Feb. 15 and Seniors Health on March 15.

Pre-registration is available through the city’s fall and winter activity guide.

For more information, please visit www.nanaimo.ca.



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