Help your patients quit smoking and save money*
Recommend combination Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) to help your patients quit.
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Helps give your patients control over background withdrawal**
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Helps patients break through cravings**
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Saves money*
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*£2,000 saving excludes cost of NRT products
**Carpenter MJ et al. Drugs 2013;73: 407-426
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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:
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72 hours after quitting breathing may become easier and energy levels could increase20
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2-12 weeks after quitting blood circulation could improve20
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1 year after quitting the risk of heart attack has halved compared to a smoker20
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10 years after quitting the risk of lung cancer falls to around 50% of that of a smoker20
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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.
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What is combination NRT?
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Behavioural & Motivational Support Guide |
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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.
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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