Quitting smoking will help improve your personal health and the health of your family. It can also help you save money.
Smoking causes around 70% of cases of lung cancer and also causes many other cancers. It damages your heart, circulation and lungs, increasing the risk of developing health conditions including heart disease, heart attack and stroke.
Tips, tools and advice on quitting and staying quit are available on smokefree.gov. Call the free Smokefree National Helpline on 0300 123 1044 to speak to a trained expert adviser. Lines are open Monday to Friday 9am to 8pm, Saturday and Sunday 11am to 4pm.
Quit smoking with a free personal plan here.
Thriving Nottingham - Free Stop Smoking Support
Thriving Nottingham - Helping you to live well and feel great
Free stop smoking support
Thanks to Nottingham City Council, joining gloji smoke free is absolutely free. To make sure we’re helping those who need it most, there are some eligibility criteria.
Can I join?
We hope so! It depends on a few factors, but you’ll need to be over 12 and live or be registered with a GP in the city of Nottingham. You’ll also need to smoke tobacco (eg cigarettes/shisha). Sorry, we’re not able to support you to quit vaping.
Don’t worry, we have a simple way of finding out if we’re a good fit. We’ll guide you step-by-step to match you to the perfect programme for you.
Nottingham! Get ready to stop smoking for good.
Personal support
- 1-to-1 appointments in person or by phone with a fully trained stop smoking mentor.
- Free stop smoking aids like e-cigarettes, nicotine patches, lozenges and gum.
- Regular sessions to keep track of your progress and boost your motivation levels.
- Understanding support from mentors who know how hard quitting can be.
Digital support
- 12 weeks of interactive stop smoking videos.
- Online articles, tips and guides to crush your habit
- Unlimited access to our online gym to support your smoke free journey.
- Bonus digital extras like a recipe book and quit journal.
NHS Stop Smoking App
Stopping smoking 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. Let's do this!
Download the free NHS Quit Smoking app
Use the NHS Quit Smoking app to help you quit smoking and start breathing easier.
The app allows you to:
- track your progress
- see how much you're saving
- get daily support
If you can make it to 28 days smoke-free, you're 5 times more likely to quit for good!
The Cost Of Smoking Vs Vaping
Recent updates on the UK’s ‘Swap to Stop’ scheme shows that 1 in 5 smokers in England will be provided with a vape starter kit, now an NHS-recognised smoking cessation tool, to bring the UK to a smokefree status by 2030. With the cost of living crisis demanding expense cuts, the use of vapes has become a necessary change in the habits of British smokers.
Vape Club have created a ‘Vaping Calculator’ The resource has been created to show smokers the amount of money they would save by switching to this smoking cessation aid. As well as the calculator, the resource provides advice on all aspects of changing to e-cigarettes.
(https://www.vapeclub.co.uk/how-to-vape-guide/the-cost-of-vaping-vs-smoking)
