This Morning has lined up a brand new co-presenter - and she has very royal connections. Sarah, Duchess of York will co-host the ITV daytime show on Monday (November 20) alongside presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary.
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Debbie Lindsay was just 15-years-old when she started a fateful habit that would see her robbed of numerous loved ones over the years. Now, she is leading a campaign to make sure other people don't make the same mistake - which is the single biggest cause of preventable deaths in Greater Manchester.
The mum-of-five, from Chadderton, started smoking when she was a teenager and it became a constant habit. Her whole family smoke, but soon the toll became clear - suffering with severe chest infections that would 'take weeks to get over'.
Debbie then started losing friends and family to smoking-related diseases, which convinced her to quit. But, after seven years being smoke-free, the strain of nursing her father who died from cancer had an impact, and Debbie relapsed - years later, she too found herself seriously ill in hospital with COPD.
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In Greater Manchester, it's estimated that around 5,700 people die each year from smoking-related illnesses, with 150,000 smokers living in ill-health and almost 15,000 out of work due to smoking-related illness.
After being confined to hospital for COPD, Debbie knew that she had to stop smoking for good. The retired primary school teacher quit smoking again in 2022 and has been smoke-free for more than a year, finding her health is much better.
“Smoking has taken a lot of people from me and I don’t want to end up like that. Every time I lose someone my resolve to stay smoke-free deepens," said Debbie.
“The best thing about quitting is knowing that my
This Morning has lined up a brand new co-presenter - and she has very royal connections. Sarah, Duchess of York will co-host the ITV daytime show on Monday (November 20) alongside presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary.
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