DO YOU NEED HELP TO STOP SMOKING?

Bolton NHS stop smoking service was established in 1999 to help people on the borough of Bolton to quit smoking. To date we have helped over 4500 people quit the habit.

Stopping smoking is the biggest change you can make which will result in better health and a longer life. Look through the service options below and decide which service would be the best for you, or contact us to discuss your options.
Seven out of ten smokers say that they want to stop, but most believe they can't. They're wrong. In the last 15 years, 11 million people in the UK have successfully kicked the habit.
And by stopping smoking you won’t just be helping yourself, the latest research shows that second hand smoke increases the chances of a non-smoker getting a smoking related illness by 25%. Every year there are around *17,000 hospital admissions of children under 5 years old directly linked to second hand smoke
Protect those around you don’t let them breath your smoke.
*. (ASH Fact sheet No.8 2005)

Our Services (click for more information)

• Community quit groups
• 7 week support sessions
• One-one support
• Pregnancy service
• Hospital inpatient support
• Pharmacy Service
• GP Service

Referrals from health professionals click here

For details of how to contact us click here

Smoke-Free Workplace in Bolton click here

Why quit?

Giving up smoking increases your chances of living a longer and healthier life. When you are no longer exposed every day to nicotine, carbon monoxide, tar and other poisons, your body begins to repair the damage. As body systems start to return to normal, you experience the following benefits, many within a few weeks:

• improved breathing
• better able to cope with sudden exertion
• loss of smoker's cough
• sense of smell and taste improves
• hair, skin and breath no longer smell of tobacco smoke
• lack of worry over damage smoking is causing to your health
• less risk of smoking-related diseases
• feeling good about yourself for having quit

Smokers who quit before the age of 45 have a life expectancy close to that of people who have never smoked. For people above this age, the gap widens but smokers who quit over the age of 45 still enjoy considerable health benefits over people who continue to smoke.

Other useful websites

The NHS Stop Smoking Helpline – www.givingupsmoking.co.uk
The Quitline – www.quit.org.uk
Action on Smoking and Health – www.ash.org.uk
British Heart Foundation – www.bhf.org.uk
National No Smoking Day – www.nosmokingday.org.uk
Smoke Free North West – www.smokefreenorthwest.co.uk