Smoking
Did you know giving up smoking significantly increase your chances of living a longer healthier lifestyle, even if you have smoked for 40 years!
It is never to late to think about stopping, it will make a drastic improvement to your lifestyle and health in ways you might not expect.
Benefits of quitting
- After 20 minutes your blood pressure and pulse return to normal
- After 24 hours your lungs start to clear
- After two days your body is nicotine-free and your sense of taste and smell improve
- After three days you can breathe more easily, and your energy increases.
Very Brief Intervention
Ask
Have you ever thought of stopping or tried to stop before?
The average smoker could save £140 each month (£1680 per year) by quitting, what would you do with that extra money?
Remember to personalise the benefits. Is the person saving for a holiday, or a new home? Do they have children or grandchildren they would like to runaround with?
Assist
State that the best way of stopping smoking is with a combination of medication and specialist support
- Studies show that you are four times more likely to quit smoking if you do it through a specialist support service.
- Services are free and they provide one to one support.
- Local stop smoking services staffed by expert advisers provide a range of proven methods to help you quit.
- Its totally free
Do you think you would benefit from the services your local stop smoking service can offer?
Act
NATIONAL SUPPORT
- Call the free Smokefree National Helpline to speak to a trained, expert adviser on 0300 123 1044. All lines are open Monday to Friday 9am to 8pm and Saturday and Sunday 11am to 4pm*.
- Smokefree has lots of free support this includes a smartphone app, email programme or text messages that will keep you focused wherever you are.
- You can also speak to your doctor, pharmacy team or local Stop Smoking Service for expert advice on stop smoking medicines.
SELF CARE
- Download the NHS Smokefree app from itunes or google play
- Get further information from the National Health Service www.nhs.uk/quit
- Consider using e-cigarettes to stop smoking
- Millions have used Smokefree support to help them stop smoking. Choose from an app, email, SMS and face-to-face guidance.
Emphasise that quitting will the best thing they will ever do and the NHS Smokefree service can provide the friendly and helpful support they need to quit for good
Local Support and Contact Details
Livewell Derby - covering Derby City
You’re three times more likely to quit for good using a local specialist service like Livewell than using will power alone. And giving up is probably the greatest single step you can take to improve your health.
Smoking is one of the biggest preventable causes of death and illness in the UK. The good news is that as soon as you stop smoking, the risks of serious diseases such as lung cancer, heart disease and stroke start reducing. Another bonus is the money you will save.
Livewell’s free programme includes:
- Nicotine replacement therapy products such as patches, gum, mouth spray and lozenges for up to 10 weeks.
- Behaviour change support and carbon monoxide testing at stop smoking drop in clinics.
- Personalised telephone support.
- Support to quit using your e-cigarette/vape.
- Invaluable tips and guidance to beat cravings and prevent setbacks.
To qualify you need to be a smoker ready to quit, aged 12 or over.
You also need to be registered to a Derby GP practice and/or be a resident of Derby city. Livewell does not include Derbyshire.
To find out more and to book a phone appointment online visit the Livewell website, email livewell@derby.gov.uk or call 01332 641254.
Tobacco and smoking - Derbyshire County Council
You're up to 3 times more likely to quit than if you go it alone.
If you're interested in quitting and would like to find out more about your free local Stop Smoking Service contact Live Life Better Derbyshire, email: llbd.info@derbyshire.gov.uk, tel: 0800 085 2299 or 01629 538200 or visit the Live Life Better Derbyshire website.
Live Life Better Derbyshire offers a free, 12 week stop smoking service that includes:
- telephone and digital support
- face to face support
- free nicotine replacement therapy sent in the post and access to stop smoking prescription medications
- advice, top tips and printed resources
- A friendly, supportive Facebook community group
Live Life Better Derbyshire have a stop smoking app called my quit route that you can download on a smartphone. My Quit Route is our free stop smoking app that will give you the expert advice and scientifically-proven tools you need to quit smoking for good.