Stop smoking services

Making the choice to quit is the first step and there are a number of treatments/ services that can help you get through the first few months.

The services available also make it easy and affordable for you to get stop smoking treatments, such as:

• Varenicline (Champix)
• Bupropion (Zyban)
• nicotine replacement therapy, such as patches and gum

Talk to your GP

Many people don’t realise that their GP can help them quit smoking. Your doctor can do a lot, such as enrolling you in a “stop smoking” clinic, and prescribing nicotine replacement therapy, such as patches and gum, or stop smoking medication such as Champix.

Join your local stop smoking service

Did you know that you’re up to 4 times more likely to quit successfully with the help of your local stop smoking service?

Contact the Thurrock Healthy Lifestyle Service, or call the Smokefree National Helpline on 0300 123 1044 to speak to a trained adviser.

Find online support

For online support including apps, communities and motivational emails, visit Better Health.

Have an emergency phone number to hand.

Keep an emergency number, perhaps for your local stop smoking service or the national helpline.

“We’re here on 0300 123 1044 from Monday to Friday 9am to 8pm, and Saturday and Sunday 11am to 4pm answering calls from people who are about to have a cigarette and want help not lighting up,” says Chris, one of the helpline advisers. “We can talk about why you want to smoke and how to deal with your cravings.”

Page published: 21 April, 2021