Stop smoking - get help to quit

Last year we helped over a thousand people to quit smoking.

Smoking causes many serious and fatal diseases including lung cancer, heart disease, bronchitis and emphysema. It also causes many other cancers, respiratory diseases, strokes and can affect fertility.

There are a number of benefits of giving up smoking. By quitting you will:

reduce your risk of developing illness, disability or death caused by cancer, heart or lung disease
reduce your risk of gangrene or amputation caused by circulatory problems
protect the health of those around you by not exposing them to secondhand smoke
reduce the chances of your children suffering from asthma or glue ear
improve your fertility levels and your chance of a healthy pregnancy and baby
improve your breathing and general fitness
enjoy the taste of food more
be quids in – if you smoke 20 cigarettes a day you will save £2,100 a year if you quit.

Get help to quit

Anyone living or working in South Gloucestershire can access our network of trained community stop smoking advisors (such as pharmacists, GPs, nurses). Support is available either in groups with other smokers or in one-to-one sessions, depending on what suits you best.

Our services offer:
    support groups – where people talk about what works for them and share tips on
    overcoming temptation
    one-to-one sessions with an expert adviser who can help you draw up an individual
    quitting plan
    stop smoking sessions in community centres, GP surgeries, hospitals and, by
    special arrangement, in people’s workplaces
   nicotine replacement therapies, including patches, gum, lozenges and other
   medications available on prescription.

Drop-in service
NHS South Gloucestershire is running a series of events where you can chat to our Stop Smoking Team to find out how they can help or try one of our local drop-in support groups.

The weekly support is free and nicotine replacement therapy and other stop smoking products are available on prescription.

Contact us
For more information about quitting please contact our NHS South Gloucestershire’s Stop Smoking Service on is 01454 865502 or email the team on: NHSStopsmokingservice@sglos-pct.nhs.uk.