Help your patients quit smoking and save money*
Recommend combination Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) to help your patients quit.
Helps give your patients control over background withdrawal**
Helps patients break through cravings**
Saves money*
*£2,000 saving excludes cost of NRT products
**Carpenter MJ et al. Drugs 2013;73: 407-426
Help your patients quit smoking and save money
Smokers in general are paying a large amount of their income1 on cigarettes, especially considering that many smokers live in more disadvantaged communities3, estimated to be £12bn in England, which translates into £2,000 per smoker each year1.
Depending on the number of cigarettes a smoker smokes, this could be much more (see left).
Any intervention to help somebody quit smoking is a cost-effective intervention, as it supports the health of the patient:
72 hours after quitting breathing may become easier and energy levels could increase20
2-12 weeks after quitting blood circulation could improve20
1 year after quitting the risk of heart attack has halved compared to a smoker20
10 years after quitting the risk of lung cancer falls to around 50% of that of a smoker20
How do you empower them to quit for good?
Learn more with our NRT Range Guide
Recommend combination NRT to help your patients quit
Data shows that if a patient is prescribed combination NRT they are significantly more likely to quit compared to single NRT7.
What is combination NRT?
Learn more with our Combi Therapy leaflet.
Download resources for patients
Patient My Support Guide
Learn more about our 12 week support guide.
Click here for NICORETTE® (nicotine) Prescribing Information
Adverse events should be reported. Reporting forms and information can be found at https://yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/. Adverse events should also be reported to McNeil Products Limited on 0808 238 9999.
References
1. ASH. Smoking costs society £17bn – £5bn more than previously estimated. Available at: https://ash.org.uk/media-centre/news/press-releases/smoking-costs-society-17bn-5bn-more-thanpreviously-estimated (accessed Nov 2022).
2. Lindson N et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019;4:CD013308.
3. Public Health England. Guidance. Health matters: stopping smoking – what works. December 2019. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-matters-stopping-smoking-what-works/health-matters-stopping-smoking-what-works. Accessed: November 2021.
4. https://www.statista.com/statistics/414973/cigarette-prices-in-the-united-kingdom/
6. https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/
7. Lindson N et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019;4:CD013308.
Date of preparation: March 2023