Smoking kills half of all smokers. It can also affect the health of those around the smoker. Ilness and death caused by smoking has lasting emotional effects on the smoker's family and friends. Lifestyle Pharmacy can give you the essential support you need to give up smoking and change your life forever.
Lifestyle's award winning Support to Stop service is a prescription based package offering nicotine replacement therapy and smoking cessation help and counselling. We can advise on a variety of treatment options in combination with a one-to-one support, tailored to your needs over a 4, 6 or 8 week period. Our registered advisors are here to help you, so why not use them.
Smokers have an elevated level of carbon monoxide (CO) in their systems, so, on your first appointment with the smoking cessation service your CO levels will be measured. This will help to ensure that the nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) that we recommend will match your requirements perfectly. This initial appointment will take only 15 minutes. Weekly appointments will then follow at times best suited to you.
NRT replaces cigarettes allowing your body to get a nicotine supply without being bombarded by the tar and other chemicals in cigarettes that can cause cancer. NRT allows nicotine dosage to be controlled and reduced on a gradual basis. Thus weaning your body from its dependancy.
NRT comes in different forms to suit the individual person and smoking habits. These include patches, gum, spray, inhalator, microtab or lozenge. Forms such as the gum and inhalator also address the psychological need to 'do something' to keep your fingers or mouth occupied.
So if you are trying to give up then sign up to our Support to Stop service today. We will provide you with the support you need, regular CO tests and the replenishment of nicotine replacement products all for the small prescription charge of £6.65 (subject to change). Visit one of our pharmacies or call us on 01392 363636 for more information. Then just watch as your carbon monoxide levels drop and your all round well being improves.
If you would like to place an order for postal delivery, please call us on 01225 465576.
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