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Smoking Cessation

If you’re worried about smoking, support is available. You might want to:

  • Look at how much you’re spending on smoking.
  • talk to someone about getting help to quit or cut down.

Check how much smoking is costing you

Smoking can be expensive. If you are unsure how much smoking is costing you, there are different online calculators that can help you work it out and show how much money you are spending

You can use the free budget planner on the MoneyHelper website to review your whole budget or speak to us at Citizens Advice for advice.

Talk to someone about smoking

Your GP, pharmacist or health visitor can refer you for stop smoking support. Or you can phone your local stop smoking service directly.

Smokefree Hampshire

Smokefree Hampshire provides free, expert support to help people quit smoking or reduce the amount they smoke. Their advisers can discuss your options and help you find support that meets your needs.

You can access the service if you:

  • Live, work or are registered with a GP in Hampshire
  • Are 12 years or older
  • Currently use tobacco products (e.g. cigarettes / shisha) or nicotine products

Call Smokefree Hampshire Helpline on 0800 772 3649

Smokefreehampshire.co.uk

What support does Smokefree Hampshire offer

Smokefree Hampshire provides tailored support based on what works best for you.

Support is available:

  • In person.
  • Through expert-led group sessions.
  • One-to-one with an adviser.
  • By telephone.
  • Via video call.

Appointments are available during the day, evenings and weekends.

Free Stop-Smoking Aids

Smokefree Hampshire can provide free stop-smoking aids. A smoking aid is any product, medication, or device designed to help a person stop smoking or reduce their dependence on tobacco.

An adviser can help identify the aids that work best for you. Smokefree Hampshire offers a wide range of smoking aids.

Nicotine replacement therapy:

  • Patches
  • Gum
  • Lozenges
  • Nasal spray
  • Mouthspray
  • Inhalator

Nicotine-free medicines:

  • Varenicline
  • Cytisine

Vapes

They can also provide Vapes for free as part of a supported quit-smoking programme.

You can find out more about smoking aids here:

All about stop smoking products

Find the best stop-smoking product for you – Better Health – NHS

Not based in Hampshire –support available across the UK

If you are based outside of Hampshire, there is still support available. Reach out to the team that can help you.

England

Call the free Smokefree National Helpline on 0300 123 1044

Find stop smoking services in England

Scotland

Call the free Quit Your Way Scotland helpline on 0800 84 84 84

Find stop smoking services in Scotland

Wales

Call the free Help Me Quit helpline on 0800 085 2219

Find stop smoking services in Wales

Northern Ireland

Call a provider in the town or city where you live (telephone numbers can be found on the Find stop smoking services in Northern Ireland

Facts about Smoking

Swap to Stop

The NHS supports the “Swap to Stop” approach, which encourages people currently smoking to switch from cigarettes to less harmful nicotine products (such as nicotine replacement therapies and in some schemes, vaping products.

The core idea is that while stopping all nicotine use is the healthiest option, moving away from tobacco can greatly reduce harm and can help people work towards quitting completely.

For more information visit NHS Go Smoke Free

Public Health and Smoking: Current Policy Agenda

The UK Government’s ambition is to create a smoke-free generation by reducing smoking rates and preventing smoking-related illness and death.

National and local programmes focus on

  • Preventing people from starting smoking.
  • Helping people who smoke to quit.
  • Reducing smoking-related health inequalities.
  • Supporting healthier communities.

Further information is available from the Department of Health and Social Care: Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping: what you need to know – Department of Health and Social Care Media Centre

Know the law – The Tobacco and Vapes Act

The law on tobacco sales is changing. Under the new Tobacco and Vapes Act, anyone born on or after 1 January 2009 can’t be legally sold tobacco. The legislation gradually raises the legal age of sale for tobacco, with the aim of creating the UK’s first smoke-free generation.

Find out more: Tobacco and Vapes Bill becomes law – GOV.UK