NHS Grampian Smoking Advice Service

For help to stop smoking please call the NHS Grampian Smoking Advice Service on freephone 0500 600 332.

The NHS Grampian Smoking Advice Service was launched in 2000.

We aim to provide a smoking cessation service which is free and available to all smokers in Grampian who want to give up.

The Smoking Advice Service has three main functions:

1. Depending on what the individual wants, we can provide different levels of support. This could range from a brief discussion to coming along to a structured smoking cessation programme.
   The programme sessions are:
   
   
   • 6 group sessions
   • one hour a week
   • led by trained smoking cessation advisors
   • provided throughout Grampian at different times and locations

   We make every effort to accommodate the individual needs of clients when setting up new sessions.

   There is evidence to suggest that taking part in this smoking cessation programme is extremely beneficial when trying to stop smoking. Our data shows the more sessions you attend, the more likely you are to successfully stop smoking. The NHS Grampian Smoking Cessation Service is nationally recognised as an example of best practice. It is very important that people in Grampian are aware of the help that is available to help them stop smoking.
   
   
   
2. We act as a point of contact and provide information to health staff and the general public on smoking cessation.
   
   
   
3. We provide training for smoking cessation advisors and to other health care staff who provide smoking cessation support to their patients.  

Please also see our Healthy Living pages for more information about tobacco & smoking