THANKS TO PATCHES I’VE QUIT FOR GOOD
CESSATION products, also known as stopsmoking aids, can help to curb your cravings.
They come in a variety of forms, including patches, gums, lozenges, nasal sprays, inhalers and microtabs.
They are available at most pharmacies and leading supermarkets.
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Health England say that using nicotine replacement therapies makes it one and a half times as likely a person will succeed in quitting than using willpower alone**.
Your pharmacist or GP can provide more information on these products.
Teri tells her story of how she gave up cigarettes using cessation products.
She talks of how she had tried quitting before: “I was going back and forth from smoking and not smoking and I wanted to make sure that this time was the last time and I stuck to it.
“They gave me different things to use. With the patches I think it was the third or fourth option by that point.
“Don’t give up if it doesn’t work first time.”