Stop Smoking support

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Quit Your Way – Stop Smoking Support

Quit Your Way NHS Lothian is an advice and support service for anyone trying to stop smoking in Lothian.

Engaging with stop smoking services can greatly increase the chance of successfully quitting tobacco and staying stopped.

Trained advisors work across primary and secondary health care settings and offer:

• One-to-one support
• Group sessions
• Telephone support

Behavioural change support and nicotine replacement therapy options are offered where appropriate.

What happens when a patient referred to Quit your Way?

When patients are referred to Quit Your Way, Practitioners will conduct an initial assessment, including discussing medical history, behavioural aspects of smoking and stop smoking medications.

Patients who wish to use Nicotine Replacement will have this arranged through their chosen pharmacy.

For patients who wish to take Varenicline, a Varenicline suitability checklist will be completed to determine if Varenicline is suitable.

**PLEASE NOTE: QYW practitioners do not have access to patients’ complete medical history and must rely on the information provided by patients, assuming it is accurate and comprehensive**

After reviewing the information provided by the patient if Varenicline is suitable, the checklist will be emailed alongside a Varenicline prescription request to their GP surgery clinical mailbox.

GP’s or other prescribers within the GP surgery will review patient’s medical records, and only if suitable will prescribe Varenicline.

QYW practitioners will provide ongoing support, regularly review patient progress and requesting additional prescriptions as required.

Anyone can visit their local pharmacy for free nicotine replacement therapy. More info- https://www.nhsinform.scot/scotlands-service-directory/health-and-wellbeing-services/13724%201edc1116/

M.A. & S.K. 11-03-25