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For Health Professionals

Helping people stop smoking is highly cost effective and an important means of preventing chronic diseases such as heart disease, lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

ASH provides guidance on the latest developments and evidence to help people stop smoking.

Smoking Cessation Services

In England and Wales the NHS provides dedicated Stop Smoking Services, which offer counselling and support to smokers wanting to quit. People attendi ...

Varenicline or Champix

Varenicline is a new type of non-nicotine medication specifically designed for smoking cessation. Varenicline was approved by the FDA in the US in Ma ...

NRT or Nicotine Replacement Therapies

In the UK, smokers wanting an aid to quitting can choose from a wide range of nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) including gum, patches and inhaler ...

Buproprion or Zyban

Burpoprion (drug name) or Zyban (brand name) is a prescription-only drug taken as a course of tablets lasting around 8 weeks. It is safe for mos ...

Smoking Reduction

About half of all smokers try to reduce the amount they smoke but few succeed. However, studies have shown that smokers who want to cut down but are ...

Links

Links to other parts of our website that you might be interested in.Health ImpactsSmoking is associated with more than 50 different diseases and diso ...

Research and External Links

Smoking Cessation Services Statistics (External Web Page)Latest data on England's stop smoking servicesGo Smokefree (External Web Page)NHS England web ...