ASK YOUR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL HOW TO STOP SMOKING

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If you don't ask you don't get! If you've taken the time to VISIT, and to TELL them about your smoking habit and reasons for quitting smoking, it'd be a waste not to ASK all the right questions. For example you might ask what all the options are to help you stop smoking.

Your healthcare professional will probably respond that the different methods to help you stop smoking can be split into three groups:

• Treatments that contain nicotine (nicotine replacement therapies or NRT).  NRT can be taken in several forms, including gum and patches.  NRT can be bought from pharmacies, some forms are available in shops.  NRT is also available on prescription.
• Non-nicotine treatments. These are prescription-only tablets available through your doctor
• Alternative therapies (e.g. hypnotherapy or acupuncture)

You might then want to ask how these stop smoking treatments work and what side-effects they have. This way you can build up a good picture of which treatment is best for you. A list of the questions you might want to ask your healthcare professional will be available in your finished QUIT PLAN.