Over 1200 Smokers Quit

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with Wandsworth Stop Smoking Service

Over 1200 people have successfully quit smoking over the past 12 months with the help of the Wandsworth Stop Smoking Service. You are four times more likely to succeed with our help than going it alone. As a result the Stop Smoking Service has tried to make quitting and gaining access to the service as easy as possible. There have been teams of advisors out on the streets talking to smokers and we have run drop in clinics at locations and times that are convenient for smokers. In addition most pharmacists and GP practice nurses have been trained to support smokers to quit.

Mohamed Bhatti, the Stop Smoking Service Manager says “It has been a great year, we have helped more smokers than ever before. To continue this success we will be using for the first time ‘lung age monitors’. These monitors calculate the smoker’s lung age. This gives you an indication as to the damage you may be doing to your lungs as a result of your habit. It’s a great way to motivate people to stop as it really brings home the damage they are doing”

Smoker who live and/or work within the Wandsworth area, there are a number of ways to access your local Stop Smoking Service. You can:

* come to one of the stop smoking drop-in clinics;

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Southfields Library 4.30 - 6.00pm 300 Wimbledon Pk Road London SW19 6NL	Queen Mary’s Hospital 12 - 2.30pm	Roehampton Library 4.30 - 6.00pm	York Gardens Library 4.30 - 6.00pm	St Georges Hospital 11.00am to 2.30pm
	Battersea Library 3.30 - 5.00pm		Doddington Health Centre 5.30-8.30pm Will be opening in September	St John's Therapy Centre. 2.30-5.30pm 162 St John's Hill Battersea London SW11 1SW
	Balham Library 4.30pm to 7.45pm 16 Ramsden Rd London SW12 8QY
	Tooting Health Clinic 5.00-9.00pm 63 Bevill Allen Close Amen Corner SW17 8PX

* get help and free advice from your pharmacist or GP practice,

* simply call the stop smoking service hotline on 0800 389 7921.

Benefit from a professional, friendly and entirely free service. Regardless of which setting the smoker attends, they will get free advice on how to stop smoking and guidance on the most appropriate NRT (Nicotine Replacement Therapy) use. NRT helps stop nicotine cravings and makes quitting so much easier.

August 6, 2009