Stop smoking to improve your health and wellbeing
If you stop smoking, this is one of the best things you will ever do for your health.
When you stop, you give your lungs the chance to repair and you will be able to breathe easier. There are lots of other benefits too – and they start almost immediately.
It’s never too late to quit and easier with the right support. The One You Personal Quit Plan is a quick and easy tool that encourages smokers to make a quit attempt with support that is tailored to their habits rather than going ‘cold turkey’.
NHS Quit Smoking App
Stop smoking and benefit from improved health and wellbeing by downloading the NHS Quit Smoking App.
Click here to learn more about the NHS Quit Smoking App and download today.
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.
Refer to your local GP if you would like to stop smoking today.
If you are not registered to a GP practice, click here to see a list of our GP practices within East Basildon PCN.
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 live well team, 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.”
Essex Wellbeing service
The service is free, offering a maximum of 8 weeks NRT (nicotine replacement therapy), find out more information.
Ready to quit?
Benefits of smoking cessation
There are definite benefits when you choose to quit smoking.
Health benefits
Here is a list of ways that quitting smoking improves your health and wellbeing:
- you have more energy
- you start to breathe more easily
- your senses of taste and smell improve
- improved lung function, leading to reductions in any cough, wheezing or other breathing problems
- better blood circulation to your heart and muscles, making physical activity easier
- Risk reduction of smoking related diseases
The long-term risks of the following diseases are significantly reduced:
- cancer
- lung disease
- heart disease
- stroke
You will also be less likely to develop the following:
- type 2 diabetes
- bone disease including osteoporosis
- eye disease
- dementia
Financial benefits
Smoking is an expensive habit. Not only is it bad for your health, but it can place a burden on your finances.
Improve your health and reduce the strain on your financial situation for you and your family by choosing to quit smoking.
