Smoking Cessation
Smoking is the most common cause of preventable disease in the UK. Nearly 78,000 people die each year in the UK from smoking-related causes. Cigarette smoke contains more than 5,000 chemical compounds and of these, over 60 are known to cause cancer. Smoking is by far the greatest avoidable risk for developing many types of cancer, and it causes one in four cancer deaths.
Smoking can have major affects on your cardiovascular and respiratory systems, fertility and skin amongst others. If you’ve decided you want to stop smoking – good for you! It’s probably the best thing you can do to improve your own health, and the health of those around you.
On average, smokers smoke 10 cigarettes a day; a packet of cigarettes can cost £10.80, which is a spend of £37.80 per week, or £1971 per year, Medicines such as Champix can aid you in the quitting process.
Treatments
Champix
The maintenance dose pack continues on from the starter pack. By the time you have reached this stage you will have stopped smoking and not feel like smoking ever again.
Champix Starter
Champix Starter pack contains two strengths of the drug varenicline. It allows you start at a lower dose and build up to the treatment dose. You begin taking Champix Starter pack one week before you choose to quit smoking.