Drop-in centre helps smokers with their cessation attempts

摘要

Pharmacists are providing smoking cessation advice to smokers in South Shields as part of a community initiative called"Drop in 2 quit".The drop-in clinics are being held on eight consecutive weekends and are staffed by pharmacists and pharmacy staff qualified as smoking cessation advisers.The first week's session,held on 18 February,attracted over 200 smokers,of whom 172 were issued with nicotine replacement therapy products via a local"care in the chemist"prescription form.