Can You Get Free Help to Stop Smoking?
For support in quitting, including free quit coaching, a free quit plan, free educational materials, and referrals to local resources, call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669).
What help is available for smokers?
Nicotine replacement therapy It’s available on prescription from your GP or local stop smoking service, or to buy from a pharmacy. All the therapies release nicotine into your bloodstream in a safe way. Therapies include patches, gum, sprays, lozenges and inhalators. Patches release nicotine slowly.
Where can I get free nicotine patches in BC?
To register for free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) products or to get refills as of January 1st 2016, please visit your local pharmacy. HealthLink BC can still provide you with health related information about the BC Smoking Cessation Program or help you find your local pharmacy.
How can hypnosis help quit smoking?
During hypnosis for smoking cessation, a patient is often asked to imagine unpleasant outcomes from smoking. For example, the hypnotherapist might suggest that cigarette smoke smells like truck exhaust, or that smoking will leave the patient’s mouth feeling extremely parched.
How do I stop smoking ASAP?
Think about trying some of these activities:
- Exercise.
- Get out of the house for a walk.
- Chew gum or hard candy.
- Keep your hands busy with a pen or toothpick, or play a game in the QuitGuide app.
- Drink lots of water.
- Relax with deep breathing.
- Go to a movie.
- Spend time with non-smoking friends and family.
What is the easiest way to quit smoking?
Here are 10 ways to help you resist the urge to smoke or use tobacco when a tobacco craving strikes.
- Try nicotine replacement therapy. Ask your doctor about nicotine replacement therapy.
- Avoid triggers.
- Delay.
- Chew on it.
- Don’t have ‘just one’
- Get physical.
- Practice relaxation techniques.
- Call for reinforcements.
What is a smoking cessation program?
(SMOH-king seh-SAY-shun) To quit smoking. Smoking cessation lowers the risk of cancer and other serious health problems. Counseling, behavior therapy, medicines, and nicotine-containing products, such as nicotine patches, gum, lozenges, inhalers, and nasal sprays, may be used to help a person quit smoking.
Do smoking cessation programs work?
In terms of life-years saved per dollar spent, effective counseling and medications for smoking cessation have been found to be among the most cost-effective healthcare practices. In fact, tobacco dependence treatment is more cost effective than the treatment of hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia.”