Smoking - Helping to Stop

Smoking is well known to be bad for our health. Well known adverse effects include increased risks of cancer, heart disease, vascular disease, strokes and emphysema amongst others. And before those “end events” there is the bad breath, loss of taste and smell, increased skin wrinkling, and of course, the cost.

However most smokers understandably find it hard to stop. This is partly due to the addictive nature of nicotine, as well as the habitual nature of smoking itself.

Now more than ever before we have a wide range of tools to assist in stopping smoking. Your Doctor can refer you to a support programme, or talk to you about a prescription medicine that is suitable for some people to assist in smoking cessation. Recently nicotine patches have become available on prescription, significantly reducing the cost of this technique to assist with stopping smoking. One of our Doctors, Dr Kathryn Dunne, also practices hypnotherapy, which some people find very helpful to assist them with stopping smoking. Speak to your Doctor about the option that would best suit you.