Smoking Cessation
‘Quit Your Way' services providing free, specialist support to help those living and working in Argyll and Bute be smoke free.
Close relationships built with Pharmacies, encouraging partnership working provides a seamless service to those who want to stop smoking. This means people can get their free prescriptions from their local pharmacy and specialist support from their Smoke Free Advisor.
Those who work in health and wellbeing related roles can access the 30 minute 'Very Brief Advice on Smoking' training online to help trigger people to quit:
Smoking Cessation Advisors continued to deliver appointments through NHS Highland’s secure Near Me platform and by the telephone. Additionally, NHS Highland’s motivational texting service, Flo, has helped people on their quit journey.
Overview of the Florence (‘Flo’) Simple Telehealth text messaging system | The Health Foundation