Did you know?

Stopping smoking is always beneficial to your health, and it’s never too late to give up. With the right help and support, you’re much more likely to quit successfully.

If you want to stop smoking but don’t know where to start, don’t worry — help is at hand.

Whatever your age, and however long you’ve smoked, quitting will improve your health and wellbeing.

Our Stop Smoking Advisors provide free treatment and local support across Clackmannanshire, Stirling and Falkirk, usually over a 12-week programme to help reduce nicotine dependency.

Please call 01786 433293 for enquiries and a trained advisor will call you back.

Support is available in a variety of ways, including:

• Face-to-face clinics
• Telephone and text support
• ‘Near me’ consultations
• Support for pregnant women and household members

All community pharmacies in Forth Valley also offer one-to-one stop smoking support and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for up to 12 weeks for those aged 12 and over — find your nearest pharmacy.

Stop smoking clinics

To book please call 01786 433293.

For all enquiries please contact us on 01786 433293. Our office opening hours are Monday to Thursday (8.30am – 5pm) and Friday (8.30am – 4pm).

Alternatively, input your details below and one of our stop smoking advisers will be in touch.

You can also visit NHS Inform for more information about stopping smoking.

Stopping smoking during your hospital stay

All NHS Forth Valley premises and grounds are smoke-free, and this includes e-cigarettes. Patients who are admitted to Forth Valley Royal Hospital can be supplied with Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) to reduce withdrawal symptoms and help you to abstain from smoking when staying in a healthcare environment.

This provides an ideal opportunity to quit smoking for good.

Smoking greatly increases risk of complications after surgery and patients who are coming to hospital for an operation and wish to stop smoking beforehand, to reduce risks and aid recovery, can refer themselves or be referred for support, prior to admission.

Your healthcare professional or support worker can refer you for continued support, or you can refer yourself using the form above.

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Taking your smoking outside – or even better stopping, helps protect you and your family

Smoke lingers in the air for 5 hours after the cigarette has been smoked, and can seep invisibly into or out of open windows and doors.

Having a smoke-free home means everyone in the household, including pets, are safe from over 4000 toxins.

Find out more about what is contained in tobacco smoke.

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E-cigarettes/vapes

Although not licensed for medicinal use, e-cigarettes may help some people stop using tobacco.

Dual use of tobacco and an e-cigarette is not recommended and people should switch completely to e-cigarettes to reduce harms to health from tobacco, although long-term effects of e-cigarette use are still unknown.

Your Stop Smoking Advisor in Forth Valley will support you through a quit if you choose to use an e-cigarette to help you, but can only provide clean safe nicotine in the form of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).

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What’s your story?

Tell us your experience of our Stop Smoking Service.

Your story matters and could help bring about positive change to meet the needs of our patients and their families.

Your story might be about you, or someone close to you. You can say what happened, what was good, and what could have been better.

Visit the Care Opinion website to share your story.

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