Get advice on stopping smoking and where to find help and support. Go smokefree to improve your health and appearance - save lots of money too.

Smoking makes more people in the UK ill and causes more early deaths (114,000 people in the UK every year) than anything else.

One of the best things you could do in your life is make a complete break from smoking. Millions of people in Britain have already gone smokefree and you can too.

Free Help and Support

There is lots of free advice and support available to help you stop smoking.

Evidence shows that getting professional help quadruples your chances of stopping smoking for good. Visit the NHS Smokefree website for information on the support they offer.

You may have heard about the new treatment available to help people to stop smoking. It is called Champix and it works by blocking the nicotine receptors, taking away the urge to smoke. You will not feel the need to smoke and if you do, it won't do anything for you. You would take the tablet for 8-14 days before you stop smoking and be on the treatment for 12 weeks.

The Colchester & Tendring Stop Smoking Support Service is a free NHS service offering practical help, support and advice for people who want to stop smoking. The qualified, specialist support they offer combined with treatment such as nicotine patches and gum can be up to 4 times more effective than will power along when giving up smoking. They can be contacted on 0800 731 2656 or stopsmoking@northeastessex.nhs.uk.

You can also call the national NHS Smoking Helpline on 0800 169 0 169. Specialist advisers are available everyday from 7am to 11pm.