Say bye-bye to
your nicotine addiction
Quit Smoking is the process of discontinuing tobacco smoking. Tobacco smoke contains nicotine, which is addictive and can cause dependence. Nicotine withdrawal often makes the process of quitting difficult.
Quick questionnaire
We’ll ask you a couple of quick medical questions. Tick the boxes and a clinician will review your answers and issue you a prescription.
Fast delivery
Your selected treatments will be delivered to you in discreet packaging. There’ll be some helpful info included to make sure you get the best out of it.
Clinician support
Chat with a medical expert whenever you need. On the phone or via email. With support throughout your treatment.
Morbidity caused by Smoking
Smoking can have widespread effects on the body as the toxins and other contents in cigarettes are readily absorbed and then circulated throughout the body.
Clinical Intervention for Smokers
The best thing for you to do as a smoker to solve all your health concerns is to quit! There is no better time to quit than yesterday, but today is good enough!
We will assit you to quit the best way we can, NOT cold turkey!
We will ask you a few questions to determine the level of help you require and then suggest the best treatment to support your goal of quitting before arranging for follow up if you require it.
Simple, yet effective!
Questions?
Smokers get addicted to smoking due to presence of nicotine in cigarette. Nicotine gives the brain a pleasurable sensation, which is temporary. As a result, the smoker is addicted to the feel good sensastion post-smoking and wants it over again. The habit then becomes an addiction.
- Central Nervous System
- Nicotine addiction, leading to smoking addiction
- Increased risk of acquiring a stroke
- Respiratory System
- Bronchitis
- Emphysema
- Pneumonia
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD)
- Lung cancer
- Acute exercebation of bronchial asthma
- Cardiovascular System
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- High Blood Pressure
- Cardiac Failure
- Myocardial Infarction
- Skin&Hair
- Balding
- Premature Hair Greying
- Fungal Nail Infection
- Digestive System
- Higher risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes
- Higher risk of acquiring mouth/throat cancer
- Reproductive system
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Loss of Libido
- Decreased Performance
Brief Clinical Intervention (5A’s)
- Ask about tobacco use
- Advice to quit
- Assess willingness to make attempt to quit
- Assist in quit attempt
- Arrange follow up post smoking cessation
Intensive Clinical Intervention
- Assess whether the tobacco user is willing to quit the habit
- Use multiple counselling strategy with multiple types of clinicians
- Ensure that there is minimum of 4 sessions and each lasting more than 10 minutes
- Counselling can be given individually, as a group or over the phone
- Counselling should include problem solving skills and intra- treatment social support
- Use of pharmacological intervention
