Tips to quit

• List your reasons to quit and set a date for when you’ll do it
• Quit with a friend
• Tell people you’re quitting
• Switch up your drinks- wine, fizzy drinks, tea and coffee compliment cigarettes, whereas juices and water make smoking less appealing
• Download a stop smoking app to help your journey. The Smoke Free app can be found here
• Keep your hands busy- download some new games to your phone for when the cravings hit, keep a trinket with you to fiddle with, try out a vape or inhalator
• Find new ways to unwind and still give yourselves those breaks or moments of relaxation
• Get rid of all lighters, ashtrays and smoking paraphernalia
• Don’t give up if you relapse! The more quit attempts you make, the more likely you are to quit for good
• If you are able to, give yourself rewards with the money you’ve saved
• Talk to your doctor about Champix and other quitting methods.
• Keep a cravings diary
• Brush your teeth right after meals if you usually have an after dinner cigarette
• Lollipops, carrot/celery sticks, mints, gum, pistachios- keep your mouth busy
• Local quit groups

Useful links to services and resources-

https://quitnow.smokefree.nhs.uk/

https://www.gmhealthhub.org/smoking

https://www.changegrowlive.org/be-smoke-free/home

Call the Greater Manchester Stop Smoking Helpline on 0300 123 1044

Call the free Smokefree National Helpline on 0300 123 1044