More than 70% of smokers would like to stop smoking. Often when a smokefree workplace policy is implemented, people decide to use this as a way to quit. It’s important to offer help to smokers who wish to stop, this demonstrates a firm commitment to promoting employees' health and well being and reinforces the reasons for restricting smoking in the workplace. Smokers who seek professional help and use effective therapies such as nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) double their chance of success.
NHS Stop Smoking Helpline
A UK-wide network of friendly, confidential, professional NHS Stop Smoking services is available to help smokers who want to quit.
Call the NHS Stop Smoking helpline 0800 1690169 fordetails of local services or visit the website www.givingupsmoking.co.uk/
QUIT
The charity QUIT offers Stop Smoking Clinics and Support Groups. Smokers who are motivated to quit the habit may benefit from stop smoking clinics or self-help groups, as groups can help you to feel less alone in your attempt to quit.
Research has shown that participating in stop smoking groups or intensive individual face-to-face support can increase smokers’ chances of quitting by up to four times.
Groups are usually run over a period of about 6 weeks and take smokers through the different stages of stopping.
What you need to stop smoking byQUIT atwww.quit.org.uk/iquit.htm
Call the Quitline on 0800 002200 or visit the website www.quit.org.uk
No Smoking Day
Whatever your reasons may be for stopping smoking you'll find everything you need to help you prepare on this site. If you've never tried to stop before or even if you think there's no hope left, this site has information about the most effective help and where you can find it. Go to www.nosmokingday.org.uk/smokers/index.htm
No Smoking Day is one of the biggest annual health awareness campaigns in the UK and the date for next year's campaign is Wednesday 14th March 2007 . No Smoking Day is an ideal day to launch a new smoke-free policy which supports employees who want to quit. If you're interested in using the Day to go smoke-free and want to find out about how the charity can help you support your staff and publicise the new policy then contact Sarah Watson, Campaign Officer, on 0870 770 7909 or
email mail@nosmokingday.org.uk
ASH
ASH does not provide counselling on how to stop smoking; it is a health advocacy charity which supports proven methods to help people stop smoking. But ASH has produced advice on
Additional Information
- The National Clean Air Awards have information on how to prepare to quit at:
www.cleanairaward.org.uk/info_quit.htm
