The Smoking Cessation Programme
aims to help motivated quitters over a twelve-week period with
counselling, encouragement and, if necessary, advice on
nicotine replacement therapy such as patches, gum, lozenges,
etc. From 1st December 2006, our pharmacists are
able to prescribe weekly supplies of nicotine replacement
therapy for suitable patients. The programme involves
completion of a short questionnaire, the provision of advice
on how to “start giving up”, and if nicotine replacement
therapy is recommended, then a return to the pharmacy once a
week to collect the appropriate treatment along with any
ongoing advice that may be required.
To enrol on this programme only
takes about 10 minutes. However, it may be the most important
10 minutes of your life in terms of future health benefits.
Our pharmacist may only give you one new piece of advice, but
it may be the piece of advice that stops you from going back
to smoking again.
With the new legislation (April
2007) banning smoking in public places in Northern Ireland,
there has never been a better time to give up smoking. It is
now more difficult to smoke and hopefully easier to give up or
remain quit.
Take the first step to investing
in your future health! Call in and speak to our pharmacist,
who will help you work towards a quit date. Once you have
stopped smoking, our pharmacist will still be available to
give you advice as needed.
