Real life quitters
The real life quitters below tell their true stories about how they successfully stopped smoking and how they used the free NHS support. Watch the videos and read about their real-life experiences.
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Michelle, Halifax
Meet Michelle, a mother of two young children from Yorkshire, who went smokefree after 17 years by making use of the Smokefree Together programme.
How Michelle gave up for good
Michelle had been smoking for more than half her life when she found herself becoming increasingly concerned about her health and her ability to look after her children in the future.
Michelle was deeply shocked when someone close to her died of a smoking-related illness and she decided to look online and find out more about quitting smoking.
She decided to combine three of the different options available to her to stop smoking, signing up to the Smokefree Together programme and also making use of local NHS services and Nicotine Replacement Therapy.
This combined approach really worked for Michelle: "The Smokefree Together programme really helped by constantly reminding me that I did not want to be a smoker. I also went to one-to-one sessions, where the adviser arranged for me to get a nicotine replacement program... The support I received from the NHS was nothing short of fantastic!"
More stories
Met with their local NHS Stop Smoking adviser for free access to tools and information
Joined the Smokefree Together programme and used free leaflets, texts and emails to quit from home
Mario and his colleagues supported each other in a local NHS Stop Smoking Service group.
When Jo's son told her how worried he was about her health, she quit with the help of her local NHS Stop Smoking Service.
Brendan quit smoking with the help of a football team run by his local NHS Stop Smoking Service advisor.
