Make 2025 the year you quit smoking for good

Quitting smoking is the best thing you can do for your health and your bank account. There are some immediate health benefits, and others that build over time. You’ll start feeling like you have more energy and can breathe more easily.

Published: 21 January 2025

Thought about quitting smoking? Join thousands of other people preparing to quit smoking this New Year.

If you smoke and want to stop, there’s free NHS tools and support to help you quit.

You’ll also have more money in your pocket. The average smoker could save around £2,500 per year by quitting smoking. 

If you’ve decided to quit smoking this January, here are ten top tips to help you succeed:

1. Pick a quit date and add it to your calendar
2. List your reasons to quit
3. Use stop smoking aids to help manage cravings
4. Change your routine if you smoke at certain times of day
5. Tell people you are quitting
6. If you’ve tried to quit before, remember what worked
7. Have a plan if you are tempted to smoke
8. List your smoking triggers and how to avoid them
9. Keep cravings at bay by keeping busy
10. Exercise away the urge

Free support is available

There’s a range of free support for those looking to quit, including the NHS Quit Smoking app, Facebook support group, an online Personal Quit Plan and local stop smoking service look-up tool, as well as advice on stop smoking aids including information on how vaping can help you quit smoking. 

Search ‘Smoke Free’ for more information or visit the Better Health Quit Smoking website.

Visit the Quit smoking - Better Health page on the NHS website (opens new window)  

Get local support with quitting from Smoke Free Life Berkshire

• Call 0800 622 6360
• Text QUIT to 66777
• Visit the SmokeFreeLife Berkshire website (opens in new window)

If you live and work in Slough, contact the Health and Wellbeing stop smoking team:

• Call 0800 061 4734 or 01753 373 646
• Visit the Health and Wellbeing Slough Website (opens in new window)

We’re proud to be a smoke free organisation

We can provide support to help you reduce or stop smoking while you’re in our care.  This includes giving you access to tobacco replacement treatment or vaping to help you quit. 

Read more about our commitment to be a smoke free organisation (opens in new window)