Treating Tobacco Dependency for staff
Smoking is the single largest cause of preventable illness and death.
Stopping smoking is the best thing that you can do to improve your health.
It is never too late to stop.
196,000 adults smoke in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw. More than half of whom will die from smoking related illness. Smokers, on average, die 10 years earlier than non-smokers.
Most people find quitting smoking on their own is hard. It’s hard because smoking is an addiction to the nicotine in tobacco – an addiction that often starts in childhood.
We now recognise that smoking is a chronic, relapsing medical condition - not a lifestyle choice. It should be treated like any other illness and there are very effective treatments.
Thousands of people just like you successfully quit smoking each month with the help of medication and specialist support.