NHS Smoking Cessation Service

Ongoing stop smoking support through your local pharmacy, helping you continue your quit journey with encouragement, guidance, and structured follow-up.

The NHS Community Pharmacy Smoking Cessation Service is designed to help people continue a stop smoking journey through their local pharmacy after referral from hospital. It gives patients access to continued treatment, advice, and support as they work towards becoming smoke free. This service helps make sure that the progress made in hospital does not stop once the patient goes home, and instead continues in a convenient community setting.

Stopping smoking can be challenging, and many people find that ongoing support makes a big difference. Community pharmacy offers a practical and accessible place for follow-up care, allowing patients to stay connected to their quit plan with the help of a trusted local healthcare team. The service is focused on continuity, encouragement, and helping people remain engaged with their stop smoking efforts after discharge.

Because pharmacies are so accessible, they are well placed to provide this kind of support in a way that feels manageable and realistic. Rather than asking patients to navigate the next stage on their own, the service gives them a place to return to for structured guidance and practical encouragement.

This service supports patients who have started a stop smoking programme in hospital and are continuing that journey through community pharmacy. It can support with:

• Ongoing stop smoking support after hospital discharge
• Continued encouragement and follow-up
• Advice to help patients stay on track with their quit attempt
• Promotion of healthier behaviours
• A convenient local setting for continued support

It is designed to help maintain momentum after a hospital-based stop smoking intervention, making the transition into community support smoother and more consistent.

This service is important because ongoing support can play a major role in helping people stop smoking successfully. A quit attempt does not end when a patient leaves hospital. In many ways, that is when support becomes even more important, because patients return to their normal routines, familiar triggers, and everyday pressures. Having continued help through a local pharmacy can make that stage feel far more manageable.

It is also important because it creates continuity of care. Instead of leaving patients without follow-up after discharge, the service helps link hospital and community support together. That joined-up approach can improve confidence, reinforce motivation, and reduce the likelihood of someone feeling unsupported during a difficult stage of their quit journey.

• Supports patients after hospital discharge
• Encourages continued engagement with quitting
• Provides local access to structured support
• Helps make the quit journey feel more manageable
• Promotes healthier long-term behaviour

Choosing our pharmacy for stop smoking support means choosing a team that understands how important encouragement, structure, and consistency can be. We know that quitting smoking is a significant personal step, and we aim to provide support that feels constructive, respectful, and practical. Our team works hard to make patients feel comfortable asking questions and returning for follow-up as needed.

As a trusted local pharmacy, we are well placed to provide accessible ongoing support in a setting that feels familiar and easy to reach. Patients choose us because we combine healthcare professionalism with a warm and approachable environment. We believe that long-term health improvements are best supported through care that feels both expert and personal.

• Supportive and approachable local team
• Convenient follow-up close to home
• Professional guidance throughout the journey
• A welcoming setting for ongoing care
• Patient-focused encouragement and continuity