Smoking Cessation

• NHS Stop Smoking Service:

  • One-to-one or group sessions
  • 12 week programme
  • Four times more likely to quit smoking with support from NHS stop smoking service and stop smoking treatments
  • Nicotine replacement therapy
  • Set a quit date
  • ‘Not even a puff’
  • Carbon monoxide monitoring
• Nicotine replacement therapy:

  • Skin patches - Patches release nicotine slowly
  • Chewing gum
  • Inhalators (look like plastic cigarettes) - Inhalators, gum and sprays act more quickly and may be better for alleviating cravings
  • Tablets, oral strips and lozenges
  • Nasal and mouth spray
  • Using a combination of NRT is more effective than a single product