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Blackpool Stop Smoking Service

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We can help you quit for good!

Welcome to your local NHS Stop Smoking Service
Getting help and advice from our friendly, expert team will make you up to four times more likely to quit for good.

Starting Out
Your first appointment with us will be about tailoring a Smokefree plan to suit you. You’ll sit down with an experienced Stop Smoking Adviser to decide the kind of support you want. Perhaps you’d like to have a one to one session? Or maybe visiting one of our walk in clinic would suit your lifestyle better? Your adviser will also help you decide a quit date that you’re happy with and discuss a range of stop smoking medicines which may help.

Putting your plan into action
Whatever type of support you choose, you’ll probably want to attend six or seven sessions, depending on your current smoking habits. You will usually spend the first session planning and preparing to quit, and then quit smoking in the third week. Youll be able to talk about how you’re getting on and get lots of advice on how to boost your willpower. You can also have a carbon monoxide check – a great way to see your body recovering!

Keeping up the good work
Once you’ve quit, you can still rely on us for support. We’ll give you top tips on how to cope with common pitfalls.

Help if you need it

I stopped smoking for my Health when I realised I had smoked for more than half my life!

Iain decided to stop smoking as he was becoming breathless and felt he had spent the majority of his life smoking.

“I stopped smoking when I started to become breathless, I had smoked for 22 years and felt that it was time to stop, I liked that I was able to see my advisor every fortnight and that I could set my self short term goals. I felt 110% supported by my advisor. It was very satisfying when I did my fortnightly Carbon Monoxide test and my score was in the normal range, the money I saved meant I could redecorate my lounge, which I am very proud of!”

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Iain’s advice to anyone wanting to Stop Smoking is -

“Set yourself short term goals and make sure you go and see your Stop Smoking Advisor for support”

To book an individual appointment with a stop smoking advisor at a location and time to suit you can call our friendly team on 01253 651570 or click here to find out more about the variety of appointments available. Even if you have tried to quit before, you can stop smoking for good and we can help you do just that.

Positive Feedback

Many people in Blackpool have already taken advantage of NHS Stop Smoking Services in the town, and below is a selection of the positive feedback we have received:

“Advisor was brilliant and I would give her top marks.”

“I found my advisor to be really helpful.  She was always ringing me and it was nice to hear her voice. She also helped me get a volunteer job for NHS Blackpool doing BMI and health checks.”

“I feel healthier and happier because I felt like smoking was a prison. I planned my day around having a cigarette all the time and I didn’t like it.”

“The staff at the Blackpool Stop Smoking are awesomely friendly, down to earth and non judgemental.”

“I would come back for help if I felt I needed it, even after I had stopped.”

“Leaflets were given with information, they explained that after stopping smoking that your lungs expand and clear within the first day. This was useful to know when I wanted to quit.”

“I feel that even after I have stopped I could come back to the service and I still keep the number to this day.”

“I would recommend the service to anyone. They are very supportive and professional and I can’t fault the service.”

“I felt like the advisors were on my side.”

Walk-in Clinics and Facebook Page

Please click here for the times and locations of our walk-in clinics, which are held throughout the week across Blackpool:

Blackpool Stop Smoking Service also has a Facebook page which provides support and advice to people wishing to give up smoking. Please click here to visit the Facebook page and find out more.