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Stopping smoking is one of the best things you do for your health. No matter how long you have been smoking for and what age you are, quitting will always improve your health.
The benefits aren’t limited to your physical health. Your mental health can benefit from not smoking. This includes improved mood, and help to relieve stress, anxiety and depression.
Find out what smoking cessation support is available below.
Specialist support
NHS Better Health – Quit Smoking - explore ways to go smoke-free with the right help. Read advice and guidance on finding local support services, preventing relapse and NHS endorsed stop smoking treatments.
Read about using e-cigarettes to stop smoking.
Asthma + Lung UK - providing resources to help prioritise lung health, Asthma + Lung UK offer information about how to stop smoking.
Inspirational stop smoking stories are available to read, along with information about when you’ll begin to feel better and withdrawal symptoms.
Breathe
Camden-based smoking cessation service, Breathe, can support you to stop smoking. The service free, confidential and tailored to find what works best for you. Support is also for e-cigarette users too.
Available to all those who work, live or have a GP registered in the borough of Camden and Islington.
Support offered by Breathe:
- Support to stop smoking by yourself
- One-to-One behavioural support
- Telephone Support
- Online support/chat
- Support plans
- Treatments to help you stop smoking
- Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)
Contact details
- Tel: 020 3633 2609 or text QUIT to 66777
- Email: info@breathestopsmoking.org
Apps
Smoke Free is an evidence-based smoking cessation app, developed at UCL by David Crane, as part of his PhD in app-delivered behaviour change.
Proven to double your chances of becoming and staying smoke free. The app provides over 20 techniques to support you. It allows you log your cravings and access tips on dealing with them. Track how much money you've saved, how much life you've regained and how your health is improving.
Self-help reading
'Overcoming Your Smoking Habit: A Self-help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques'
Author: David F. Marks
Description: "Have you tried and failed to give up smoking? Most smokers have, but Professor David Marks' method has been scientifically evaluated and the programme's quit-smoking rates are among the highest on record, using a step-by-step week-long programme to help you stop smoking for good."
Read 'Overcoming Your Smoking Habit'. (UCL login required)
