How Does It Work
Our clinic service is free of charge.
If you do not pay for your prescriptions, you can receive one nicotine replacement medicine free for 12 weeks.
If you pay for your prescription you may benefit from local schemes that cover one nicotine replacement medicine free for 12 weeks. If not, you only need to pay a prescription charge of £9.25 per prescription item.
Contact us for free and we will advise you what is available to you.
You are eligible for the service if:
You are not taking one of the following medications:
(N.B Theophylline is used in asthma, may be called Nuelin, Slo-Phyllin or Uniphyllin Continus)
Otherwise, we advise you to visit your GP due to potential interactions with the above treatments and quitting smoking or taking medications to quit smoking.
We will call you at the time you book in your appointment for.
Firstly, we discuss the reasons why you are making this potentially life-changing decision to quit smoking. We discuss the benefits to your current and future health and how we can help you build and sustain your motivation to quit.
The good news is that you will feel the health benefits of quitting straight away. For example, blood pressure, which is elevated by smoking is reduced. Also, raised carbon monoxide levels in your blood, because of smoking, return to normal, within one day of quitting, providing you with more energy and less susceptibility to infections such as colds and flu.
Your chest will feel clear and persistent coughs should stop or reduce within 3 days. You will also be able to get back your sense of taste and smell and enjoy food again.
Secondly, we try to understand why you are addicted to cigarettes. Many of our patients are aware that it is nicotine that you are addicted to, and which is in the cigarette smoke you breathe in. Nicotine happens to be a safe chemical, when compared with the other seven thousand chemicals in a cigarette. Sixty of these have been linked to cancer. Nicotine gives us a pleasurable sensation. Patients often describe this effect when they have their first cigarette of the day. The Quit Clinic smoking programme provides you with advice on clinically proven prescription treatments which contain nicotine and help you quit by reducing your urge to smoke.
Thirdly we discuss the most appropriate therapy for you and suggest how you can receive these treatments.
With Over 15 Years Of Experience Helping People Quit Smoking. We Can Help You.
