About Our Team
The Quit Right Tower Hamlets team comprises of fully qualified health and tobacco cessastion professionals. Together, they have helped thousands of individuals from Tower Hamlets quit smoking and tobacco related products for good!
Shamsia Begum
Service Manager
Shamsia is a Level 3 trained practitioner and has worked with the service for 17 years. She has Public Policy background and responsible for the changing shape of the service from a research project to culturally sensitive service targetting all members of the community. She is also a Healthy diet and nutrition advisor and responsibe for day to day management and strategic plans for the service.
Farah Desai
Pregnancy Smoking Cessation Practitioner
Farah has been working in the pregnancy service for the last five years and in general smoking cessation for 17 years. She works closely with Barts Health and Midwives to support women who smoke during pregnancy
Dipul Ghosh
Tobacco Cessation Practitioner
Kamrun Nahar
Tobacco Cessation Practitioner
Working for in tobacco cessation for the last nine years in smokeless tobacco and outreach. Kamrun was previously a Health Trainer and has brought a lot motivation and enthusiasm to the service.
Shajue Begum
Tobacco Cessation Practitioner
Shajue has been with the project for nine years bringing her health trainer experience to our services and advising them on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while quitting. She also supports smokeless tobacco users and those who have MH and SMI.
Emma Montero
Tobacco Cessation Practitioner
One of the newer members of the team, Emma brings years of experience with her having previously worked as a tobacco cessation specialist and provides one to one advice to patients and support to help them quit smoking.
Sabir Ahmed
Communications and Administrative Officer
Sabir brings with him a wealth of experience having worked across various industries and has a background in marketing and communications. Sabir manages our service referrals and resource content.
Sabir is the first point of contact for a referral and he can quickly work allocate you to the next avalaible practitioner.
What we care about
Timely Support
When you are ready to quit smoking or tobacco related products, we want to be there to help you on your journey.
Innovation
Our research spanning almost two decades has helped us identity key factors that help individuals quit tobacco.
Technology
We want to use the latest technological advances to help you quit smoking. E-cigarettes have proven to be a safer alternative.
Communication
Our professional team values diversity. We know that no one person is the same. We try to offer tailored support that’s just right for you.
Latest News
Catch up with the latest developments from Quit Right Tower Hamlets team.
Changes To Our Twitter Account
Queen Mary University London is now the Stop Smoking provider for Newham and Waltham Forest as well as Tower Hamlets. Residents in all three boroughs can access all the help they need to quit smoking. Our service is still free of charge and is open to anyone aged...
Quit Right TH protecting smokers from COVID-19
In light of the spread of COVID-19 Quit Right Tower Hamlets have stopped face-to-face stop smoking and smokeless tobacco consultation and started telephone and online support. It is still vitally important that we help smokers to quit because smoking harms the immune...
Illegal tobacco ‘brings crime into communities and undermines stop smoking efforts’
Criminals are reaping in over £100 million a year from London’s trade in illegal tobacco and undermining efforts to support smokers to quit, trading standards and public health experts have warned. Illegal tobacco products, such as cigarettes and hand-rolled tobacco,...