Stop smoking support in Kirklees
Stopping smoking is the best thing you can do for your health. It's never too late to quit - and with the support of a stop smoking advisor, you're four times more likely to quit.
In Kirklees you can access stop smoking support from the Kirklees Wellness Service. This is a council service which offers support over the telephone or in person.
What stop smoking support you can expect from the Wellness Service
Our Stop Smoking Offer tells you about the support you can get from Kirklees Wellness service, and where and when you can attend smoking cessation drop-in sessions.
Other opportunities to quit?
In addition to the Kirklees Stop Smoking Service, you can also access stop smoking support from the Smoke free App . It provides personalised and 24 hour access to a fully trained stop smoking advisor every day of the year.
The app also includes:
- Goal-setting tools tailored to your quit journey
- Support for managing cravings and triggers
- Up-to-date information on the health benefits of quitting
- A cost-saving calculator to see how much you're saving
- A digital rewards scheme to help keep you motivated
If you want to help more people quit smoking
Are you part of a community group, service, or workplace that wants to make a difference? We're looking for local partners to help promote stop smoking support across Kirklees. You can provide support by:
- Hosting drop-in sessions - Provide space for the Wellness Service to run stop smoking drop-ins in your community or workplace.
- Training your team - Equip staff and volunteers with Very Brief Advice training, so they can confidently start conversations about quitting and refer people to the Wellness Service.
- Promoting the campaign - Support the Today is the Day stop smoking campaign by sharing their digital and print-ready resources through your communication channels.
Contact Public Health Commissioning:
Other information
- Using vapes to quit smoking:
- Smoking and pregnancy: Stop smoking in pregnancy
- Harms of passive and second-hand smoke: Passive smoking
- Reporting the sale of illegal tobacco: Cheap and Illicit Tobacco
- Smokefree homes: Smokefree homes factsheet - general public
- Harms from using paan, bidi and shisha: Paan, bidi and shisha
- Reducing smoking, vaping and tobacco related fire risks: Smoking, Vaping & Tobacco Position Statement