Tobacco smoking remains the biggest single preventable cause of ill health, disability and early death in Tayside. As well as the impact of smoking on health there is also conclusive evidence that second-hand exposure to tobacco smoke causes death and disease.
Tobacco is a key public health priority, Creating a Tobacco-Free Generation: A Tobacco Control Strategy for Scotland (2013) identifies smoking prevalence targets of 5% or lower of people smoking in Scotland by 2034.
NHS Tayside is working towards these targets through a range of prevention and education programmes, smoking cessation support services and wider protection strategies to reduce the impact of second-hand smoke.
Tobacco Addiction
Did you know that you can get support to quit smoking?
Quit Your Way Tayside is a FREE smoking cessation support service delivered through local pharmacies.
Pharmacy staff will assist in the development of a smoking cessation plan and will provide treatment and behavioural support through the quit journey.
You can also access the NHS Tayside Quit Your Way Helpline:
Telephone 01382 424127
(24-hour answerphone but is also manned between 9.30am to 5.30pm, Monday-Friday)
Click on the links below to find out more about the ongoing work to reduce smoking and the support available in Tayside.
Quit Your Way Tayside is a FREE smoking cessation support service delivered through local pharmacies.
Pharmacy staff will assist in the development of a smoking cessation plan and will provide treatment and behavioural support through the quit journey.
You can also access the NHS Tayside Quit Your Way Helpline:
Telephone 01382 424127
(24-hour answerphone but is also manned between 9.30am to 5.30pm, Monday-Friday)
Click on the links below to find out more about the ongoing work to reduce smoking and the support available in Tayside.
