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  1. Quitting smoking: Six ways to Resist Tobacco Cravings

    Quitting smoking: Six ways to Resist Tobacco Cravings

    Quitting smoking can be an exceedingly difficult undertaking. Many people will attempt to quit each year only to wind up smoking again. Here are some tips for resisting tobacco cravings while you’re trying to quit:

    • Nicotine replacement therapy: There are over the counter nicotine patches available to help with your tobacco cravings. They also come in gums and lozenges. Prescriptions also exist, such as Chantix and Zyban, that can greatly aid in curbing tobacco cravings.
    • Avoiding triggers: Many people like to smoke at specific times of the day and/or specific places, such as a lunch break at work or at parties. Trying to avoid situations where you smoked most frequently is important in avoiding relapse. While not always practical (after all, everyone has to take a lunch at some point during the day), knowing and avoiding your triggers is essential to reducing your cravings and avoiding a relapse.
    • Delay:
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  2. How Does Stoptober Help People Stop Smoking?

    How Does Stoptober Help People Stop Smoking?

    Stoptober is an annual month-long awareness that challenges smokers to stop smoking for the month of October. Stoptober began ten years ago in 2012 and has seen 2.3 million people make quitting attempts over the course of the campaign. If you would like to be one of the thousands to join the Stoptober quitting smoking surge, Pearl Chemist Group can help you. Our stop smoking services in Mitcham can align you with this unique and proven stop smoking campaign and get you set off on your way to quitting smoking.

    Benefits of Quitting Smoking:
    Quitting smoking is the single most beneficial action you can take to improve your health. It will:

    • Reduce your risk of premature death by as much as 10 years
    • Reduce or reverse adverse health
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  3. Most Effective Ways to Overcome the Problems Associated With Quitting Smoking

    Most Effective Ways to Overcome the Problems Associated With Quitting Smoking

    If you are thinking about quitting smoking, that is a great first step.  Quitting smoking can be a huge challenge for even the most committed individual.  Everyone that tries to quit faces challenges so it’s best to be committed when you start.  It is statistically proven that getting help and support when you are ready to quit gives you the best chances of success. Pearl Chemist Group has Stop Smoking Services in Mitcham to help and support you whilst you quit.

    The best ways to quit are to put a plan in place such as making a change in your diet, make sure you change habits that trigger your desire to smoke, change your socialising to include non-smoking activities and people, and get support with stop smoking services.

    Changing Your Diet:
    You may desire cigarettes after dinner or after a particular meal. It is known that certain types of food, such as meat, a

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  4. Quit Smoking: Challenge Yourself

    Quit Smoking: Challenge Yourself

    Smoking can lead to many diseases and disabilities. It harms nearly every organ of the body and is the main cause of preventable illness and premature death in the UK. Globally, annual tobacco related deaths exceed 7 million (including 2nd hand smoke) and is set to rise to 10 million by 2030. Quitting smoking is said to be one of the more difficult things in life a person might encounter.  Yet, many people succeed every year. You can be one of those people, if you are ready to take the first step. Challenge yourself.

    The first step to quitting smoking is self-examination. Ask yourself some questions, be honest with yourself and prepare yourself for the journey. Here are some questions to ask yourself:

    What are your smoking triggers/habits?
    Do you smoke with coffee? After meals? Whilst drinking alcohol? First thing in the morning? When you feel stressed out? If so - you’ll n

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  5. How Long Does it Take to Stop Smoking?

    How Long Does it Take to Stop Smoking?

    When we quit smoking it seems like we will never stop craving cigarettes. Usually, that craving is the first and strongest sign of withdrawal but will fade the longer a person goes without smoking. It can be difficult to remain strong and stay committed to quitting without support behind you. Whether you buddy up with a friend or join a support group, it is strongly recommended that you find some support. If you are looking to join a stop smoking service, please consider Pearl Chemist Group. With our stop smoking services in Mitcham and a free stop smoking clinic in Streatham we offer you a multitude of supportive services to help you quit for good.

    We applaud you for considering smoking cessation as we know how difficult it can be to take that first step and start looking up information as to how to do it. Statistically, you will have a better chance with support, but that doesn’t mean you can’t give it a go on your own. You can quit smoking, mil

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  6. What Happens To Your Body When You Stop Smoking?

    What Happens To Your Body When You Stop Smoking?

    If you are a smoker, you may feel discouraged at the thought of quitting. You may continue to smoke because you feel you have already damaged your body beyond repair. This is simply not true. You also may be fearful of the side effects of sudden smoking cessation. Whilst there can be some side effects such as nausea, cravings for nicotine and increased appetite, side effects are usually short-lived and can be overcome with the right support. If you are looking for stop smoking services in Mitcham then contact Pearl Chemist Group for fast and effective support.

    Stop Smoking for Your Body

    The health benefits of quitting smoking are numerous and can be felt immediately. Within half a day of quitting smoking, your heart rate returns to normal, your circulation

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  7. Health Matters: Stop Smoking – What Works?

    Health Matters: Stop Smoking – What Works?

    Smoking is one of the biggest causes of illness and death in the UK. Each year, around 80,000 people die from smoking-related diseases with many more suffering with conditions caused by smoking. Smoking also increases your risk of developing more than 50 serious health conditions including many different types of cancer, heart disease and stroke, which can be fatal, plus other conditions which may cause irreversible damage to your health. Stopping smoking can be one of the best health decisions you will ever make but it is not easy and most people need support to quit.  Pearl Chemist Group offers stop smoking services in Mitcham and a free stop smoking clinic in Streatham.

    Smoking Matters

    Smoking matters not just for your own health but for those around you as passive smoking – where other people inhale your smoke – can be just as serious, particularly for children and pregnant women. So what are the benefits to you

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  8. The Effects of Passive Smoking

    The Effects of Passive Smoking

    There is an increasing body of evidence to suggest that passive smoking can increase the risk of nasal sinus cancer, throat cancer, larynx cancer and breast cancer. It is also implicated in long and short-term respiratory problems and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease- all issues that are manifesting in people who don’t actually smoke. If you are a smoker or live with someone who smokes, then you can stop smoking immediately with the support of our free stop smoking clinic in Streatham or visit our stop smoking services in Mitcham both of which have helped hundreds of people on their way to a smoke-free and healthier life.

    What is Passive Smoking?

    When you smoke a cigarette, pipe or cigar, most of the smoke doesn’t go into your lungs, it goes into the air around you where anyone else can breathe it in.  Secondhand smoke refers to the exhaled smoke plus the ‘sidestream’ smoke created by the lit end of a cigarette.

    Passive smoking

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  9. COVID-19: Time to Quit Smoking

    COVID-19: Time to Quit Smoking

    The global Coronavirus pandemic has highlighted how being in the best physical shape possible will make it easier to fight off Covid-19 should you contract the illness.  The message from the NHS is to lose weight, get fit and quit smokingSmoking has been highlighted as an area of particular concern because of the way Covid can attack the lungs and impair breathing; patients with pre-existing respiratory problems or who are smokers are far more vulnerable to serious health complications than those who don’t smoke.  Pearl Chemist Group offer a range of services to help those who want to stop smoking – we have Stop Smoking Services in Mitcham and a free stop smoking clinic in Streatham.

    What can our stop smoking services offer to those who want to quit smoking?

    We offer help and support provided by expert advisors who can suggest a range of proven and safe methods to help you stop smo

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  10. A Timeline: What happens after you Stop Smoking?

    A Timeline: What happens after you Stop Smoking?

    If you want to maintain your health then quit smoking, as this is one of the best and most immediate ways to improve your daily life.  Smoking has a direct link with many known health conditions such as COPD, lung disease and emphysema plus it is implicated in other diseases as well but did you also know that smoking causes premature wrinkles and decreases your sex drive and fertility?  If you are looking to stop smoking then take advantage of Pearl Chemist Groups’ stop smoking services in Mitcham and the free stop smoking clinic in Streatham.

    What happens when you stop smoking?
    The physical benefits are huge. Here is a timeline which details what happens inside your body after you Quit Smoking:-

    • You will feel better 20 minutes after you
    • Your pulse rate will return to normal after 20 minutes
    • Within 8 hours, nicotine a
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