Stopping Smoking
When you smoke, you’re always being told that it harms both your health and your pocket, yet this isn’t always enough to encourage you to quit. That’s because deciding to go smokefree is a big step. More than anything you need willpower, but it doesn’t hurt to have a little extra help.
Below you’ll find a list of local people and national organisations who can offer moral support and suggest ways to help you give up.
Support in the local area
- Your local GP will be able to help you formulate a stop smoking plan.
- Local pharmacies also now offer help with smoking cessation and may offer nicotine replacement patches on the NHS. Ask your local pharmacist for more details.
- Sign up for a smoking cessation course. You’ll also get excellent support from smoking cessation advisors Agnes and Terry.
Call Agnes Rowland (0141 577 8688) and Terry McEleny (0141 577 3564) for more details on smoking cessation courses near you. - For more clinics in and around the Glasgow and Paisley areas check the NHS Stop Smoking website.
Phone advice & support
NHS Scotland Smokeline 0800 84 84 84
(free 12pm–12am)
For advice on no-smoking prescription aids, managing your cravings and creating a smokefree plan. You can even call for a little extra encouragement! Also check out the You Can Stop Smoking website where a ‘cost calculator’ works out how much you have spent on cigarettes over the years or months and a your ‘quit buddy’, will send daily advice.
Go Smoke Free 0800 169 0 169
(free, 7am–11pm)
A national NHS website and phoneline that offers advice and support for stopping smoking.
Online advice & support
Ash Scotland
A voluntary organisation fighting for tobacco legislation and wider awareness of the risks of tobacco. On this site you’ll find information on how to stop including more on nicotine replacement therapy.
Direct Gov: Smoking
General information about smoking and its effects, with advice and links to other sites that offer support.
No Smoking Day
The campaigning, no-smoking charity operates an online forum where you can chat to people who have quit or are trying to quit.
Quit
An independent charity whose aim is to help people quit smoking. They have a ‘Keep Quit’ section, which focuses on exercise as a method of aiding the quitting process.
