Are you ready to stop smoking?

Make a change that benefits your health and finances with FREE telephone, text or online coaching support and smoking cessation aids, such as NRT or a Vape.

You're not alone. Quitting smoking is one of the best decisions you can make for your health and wellbeing.

Here at Stop Smoking Dorset, a service supported by Public Health Dorset, we understand the challenges of quitting.

We are here to offer you the FREE support you need to succeed at the time and place that suits you, with our coaches who will support you by phone, text or online.

Our friendly and experienced coaches can help you:

Develop a personalised quit plan that fits your needs and lifestyle.

Understand the benefits of quitting, from improved health to increased energy and financial savings.

Access nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or other smoking cessation aids (if eligible).

You will quickly start to feel the benefits of stopping smoking

After 20 minutes

Check your pulse rate, it will already be starting to return to normal.

After 8 hours

Your oxygen levels are recovering, and the harmful carbon monoxide level in your blood will have reduced by half.

After 48 hours

All carbon monoxide is flushed out. Your lungs are clearing mucus and your senses of taste and smell are improving.

After 72 hours

If you notice that breathing feels easier, it's because your bronchial tubes have started to relax. Also your energy will be increasing.

After 2 to 12 weeks

Blood will be pumping through to your heart and muscles much better because your circulation will have improved.

After 3 to 9 months

Any coughs, wheezing or breathing problems will be improving as your lung function increases by up to 10%.

After 1 year

Great news! Your risk of heart attack will have halved compared to a smoker's.

After 10 years

More great news! Your risk of death from lung cancer will have halved compared with a smoker's.

Quitting Tips

Stopping smoking is one of the best decisions you will ever make. You will be healthier as a result and will be amazed how much money you save. 

Here are our top ten tips to support you to QUIT: 

  1. Get help from our service, it is free and we will help you on your journey  
  2. Tell people you're quitting - they can support you and you are more like to stick with your quit
  3. Set a date to quit when you can focus on yourself and you won’t have loads of temptation. Remember to add your quit date to your calendar
  4. Use stop smoking aids - either nicotine replacement therapy or vapes
  5. Encourage other people you live with or your friends and family to quit with you
  6. Have a plan of what to do if you are tempted to smoke.
  7. List all your triggers to smoke and avoid them, this may mean you change your daily routine or you stop doing things that are linked to you smoking
  8. Keep cravings at bay by keeping busy and using your NRT or vape 
  9. Exercise or just getting out walking is a great way to manage cravings
  10. Speak to your coach and to other people who are on the same journey as you.

You can stop smoking and you will be so glad you did. 

Smoke free homes

If you smoke at home, the smoke you breathe out can also harm the people who live with you. When they breathe in your cigarette smoke, they are more at risk of getting the illnesses caused by smoking and are four times more likely to develop lung cancer. 

Babies and children who breathe in your smoke are more likely to get chest infections, meningitis and a cough that won’t easily go away. If they have asthma, their symptoms will get worse. 

Babies who breathe in your smoke are more at risk of cot death and an ear infection called glue ear. If you or someone in your household smokes, you should smoke outside 

 

Ready to quit Smoking?

Let's get you started on your smoke free journey. Fill out this form to connect with a dedicated coach who can provide personalised support and guidance.