The Sound Doctor: Quit Smoking

This Stop Smoking course has been created to help you quit.

**TOGETHER WE CAN DO THIS! **

It’s really hard to give up smoking, but success is achievable and if you don’t succeed first, second or third time, don’t worry. Just try again, and hold onto that motivation to quit.

When it does happen, the good news is, 95% of ex-smokers notice positive changes within just two weeks of quitting. Our films and courses are designed to support you through this journey, providing effective strategies to help you become smoke-free, with information from some of the UK’s leading national and international specialists.

There are three modules in the course. Films include:

Module 1

• Getting started

• Why we smoke

• What's in a cigarette?

• How nicotine works

• Habits and triggers

• The health risks of smoking

• More about the risks of smoking

• Stories from former smokers who have COPD - audio

• The benefits of quitting

• Finding your motivation

Module 2

• Preparing to quit

• The best way to quit successfully

• An introduction to Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)

• Preparing to quite

• How actress Linda Robson quit - audio

• Some more preparation techniques

• Some reasons to quit

• Are you ready to quit?

Module 3

• While you are quitting

• Withdrawal and cravings

• Coping with cravings

• More techniques to manage cravings

• A short breathing exercise

• Dealing with triggers

• More tactics for managing tricky situations

• Lapse and relapse

• More about NRTs

• E Cigarettes/vaping

You can access the course here.

Our mission at The Sound Doctor is to improve the quality of life for people with long-term mental and physical health problems by educating them, their carers and their healthcare professionals about the most effective ways of managing their conditions.

Our vision is to bring practical, effective and credible information together in one place that will treat long term health as a complex and interconnected web of conditions and recognise that people with one condition may have other pressing needs.