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NHS Bedfordshire

Stop smoking

Smokefree Bedfordshire

The Bedfordshire NHS Stop Smoking Service offers free and confidential specialist advice and support on giving up smoking. The service offers a range of services across Bedfordshire with regular groups and individual appointments.

We offer:

  • a free and confidential service
  • advice on the best way to quit smoking
  • information on Nicotine Replacement Therapy e.g. patches and gum, and can assist you on receiving this on prescription
  • information on Zyban and Champix
  • seven week courses to help you quit
  • group support or individual appointments
  • telephone help and advise available for a year after you have stopped smoking

Seven week courses

  • 60% – 70% success rate
  • Information on Nicotine Replacement Therapy, which suits your lifestyle, Zyban and Champix
  • Quitting with other people makes a big difference
  • Measure the levels of poisonous carbon monoxide in your body on a weekly basis
  • Guidance/information from Stop Smoking Specialists e.g. tips, suggestions and encouragement
  • To join an online support group and/or to gain more information on stopping smoking please go to www.smokefreebedfordshire.nhs.uk

Interested?

To register and get more information, simply call the Stop Smoking Service

Once registered you will receive:

  • a telephone call from one of our Specialist Stop Smoking Advisors to help you make your plan for quitting
  • information about forthcoming programmes in your area.

Simply contact us and take a step towards quitting
Email stop.smoking@bedfordshire.nhs.uk
0800 0130553 (Freephone but some individual network providers may charge)

For young people, text quit to 07781 471029

The Smokefree Bedfordshire website at www.smokefreebedfordshire.nhs.uk provides information on the benefits of quitting smoking, the support that is available, the importance of smokefree environments for children as well as a wealth of information on local events and campaigns, the tobacco alliance and support available for young people. You can also refer yourself to the Bedfordshire Stop Smoking Service or sign up to the smokefree homes project via this website.

For further information on the effects of smoking on your health and advice on stopping smoking please refer to the following information and links.

Document downloads

Health Benefits of Quitting Smoking leaflet  [Adobe Acrobat, 17Kb]
Smoking facts  [Adobe Acrobat, 43Kb]