Patient Advice: Smoking, Effects and Treatments

Smoking, Heart Disease and How to Stop

Stopping smoking is the the biggest step you can take to reduce your risk of having a heart attack. Smoking is one of the major causes of cardiovascular disease, and smokers are almost twice as likely to have a heart attack as people who have never smoked. It can increase your risk of developing several different types of cancer and it's the main cause of some lung diseases.
Smoking, Heart Disease and How to Stop

Smoking and its Effects on the Skin

Smoking is now thought to be associated with premature skin ageing, delayed wound healing, as well as skin disorders, particularly psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa and cutaneous lupus erythematosus.
Smoking and its Effects on the Skin

Stop Smoking Medicine: Nicotine Replacement Therapy

There is a range of different treatments available that can double your chances of going smokefree: Patches, Gum and other Stop Smoking Medicines.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Stop Smoking Treatments

Stop Smoking treatments (information from the MHRA): over the counter and prescription only treatments to help stop smoking.
Stop Smoking Treatments

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