Get support to stop smoking content
Research has shown that you are up to three times more likely to stop smoking for good with the help of a specialist stop smoking service. Give yourself the best chance of success by speaking to an advisor who can support you with a personalised plan and help you quit for good. Your advisor will work with you to develop coping strategies and behaviours to manage cravings and help you achieve your goal of becoming smokefree.
Get support today
The Yorkshire Cancer Research Stop Smoking Support service offers free, personalised support and stop-smoking aids to give you the best opportunity to stop smoking for good. Appointments with your dedicated advisor can be face to face, by phone or online via a video call.
Make a swap
The biggest changes start with a small swap. Swapping tobacco products for nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) such as patches or gum can help you stop smoking.
Research has shown that swapping to a vape is the most effective way to stop for good.
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You are up to three times more likely to successfully quit smoking with the support of a specialist stop smoking service.
48 hours
After 48 hours of non-smoking your sense of smell and taste improve
Quote from Anthony, Leeds
"I think having a phone call every week with the stop smoking advisor definitely helped stop me going back to cigarettes. Having that support and being able to say ‘no, I still haven’t smoked’ was a really great feeling. It definitely got me through those critical first few weeks.”
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Hundreds of people quit smoking with support from Yorkshire Cancer Research
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A day in the life of a Stop Smoking Advisor
Once someone has made that commitment to stop smoking, we want to make it as easy and smooth for them as possible.