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Help with smoking research and get an Alliance mouthpiece!

If you can take a little time to help with smoking survey you could find yourself the proud owner of a brand new Alliance mouthpiece.

Smoking
 

An innovative anti smoking initiative backed by celebrated cornet star Roger Webster is giving people the chance to help valuable research and get your hands on an Alliance Mouthpiece in the process!

Simple online survey

UK adult smokers are being asked to complete a simple online survey with the opportunity to be entered into a free draw to win one of 10 Alliance mouthpieces – including the brilliant David Childs, Richard Marshall, Les Neish designs.

Becca Orme of King’s College London told 4BR: "It’s a simple survey that will give us valuable information on research to identify smokers’ attitudes and opinions towards anti-smoking messages."

It’s a simple survey that will give us valuable information on research to identify smokers’ attitudes and opinions towards anti-smoking messagesBecca Orme

Follow the link

All you have to do is click the link below for further information about participation and to begin the questionnaire:
www.attopsmoking.com

Upon completion, take a screen shot of the 'completed survey' page and send it along with the code 'Survey4BR' to sales@rogerwebster.co.uk to be entered into the draw for your chance to win one of the ten Alliance mouthpieces of your choice.

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