If you stop smoking in Stoptober, you are five times more likely to quit for good. Within days or weeks without smoking your senses of taste and smell improve, you start breathing more easily and have more energy. In time, your longer-term risks of cancer, lung disease, heart disease and stroke reduce significantly.
We know that quitting can be hard, and we are here to help you along the way, with free stop-smoking support available to smokers in Lambeth.
Since 2012, Stoptober has successfully helped 2.5 million smokers quit. And this year, you can be one of them.
Word from the Cabinet
Cllr Tim Windle, Lambeth Cabinet Member for Healthier Communities said: “Stopping smoking is one of the best things you can ever do for your health. We know it can be hard and take several attempts. Which is why Stoptober is a great opportunity to join a growing community of smokers looking to quit for good. Our stop smoking services are here to support you every step of the way.”
Find help in Lambeth to stop smoking
Lambeth Specialist Stop Smoking Service
Free one-to-one support and Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) or vaping kit from Lambeth Specialist Stop Smoking Service, delivered by Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust. For:
- People diagnosed with one or more long-term conditions, including mental illness.
- Pregnant smokers and their partners.
- Parents with children aged five or under.
- Long-term chronic smokers.
Tel: 0800 856 3409 or 020 3049 5791/email: gst-tr.stopsmokinglambeth@nhs.net
Community Pharmacy service
Smokers looking to quit can access the stop smoking service in community pharmacies.
Health and Wellbeing Bus
For some Stoptober dates, a stop smoking adviser will be on board the Health and Wellbeing bus. To find out when and where view the bus timetable.
Self-help resources
- Health benefits of quitting smoking
- Visit the Stop Smoking London portal or phone the free helpline 0300 123 0144
- Book a stop smoking seminar with Allen Carr’s Easyway
- More about specialist stop smoking services in Lambeth
- Smoking cessation is a priority for our partnership with Lambeth Together, because we want to help people stay well and prevent them from developing long-term health conditions and diseases. More about the Staying Healthy Programme
- See the Stop Smoking London video showing Lambeth ex-smoker Erene’s journey.
Vaping to stop smoking
Stoptober 2024 also focuses on vaping to help smokers quit. The campaign will challenge the myth that vaping is as harmful, or more, than tobacco. More about vaping as a tool to quit smoking
Lambeth Together
Smoking cessation is a priority for our partnership with Lambeth Together, because we want to help people stay well and prevent them from developing long-term health conditions and diseases. More about the Staying Healthy Programme
