Susan Mountain – PPIE member awarded British Empire Medal (BEM)

Congratulations to Susan Mountain, one of our PPIE members, for being awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) as part of the New Years Honours List, for sharing her story of becoming addicted to cigarettes as a teenager, getting cancer and the impact it had on her loved ones.
This related to Susan’s tireless work and services to Public Health and supporting people to give up smoking through the “stop smoking campaigns”. Ms Mountain has been part of anti-smoking TV campaigns and has addressed parliamentary groups on the issue many times.
It’s really great to see this important work recognised nationally through such awards.
She said: “It’s an honour – when I first found out I was running around crying.”
“I think most people given the opportunity to help others would do the same,” she said.