I stopped smoking roughly a year and a half ago. I saw my practice nurse as part of the stop smoking service at my GP practice. She prescribed nicotine patches, and I used them whilst going cold turkey from cigarettes (you need to because if you smoke and use nicotine replacement therapy then you end up taking in too much nicotine and feeling ill). I found the patches helpful, as well as talking to her, but at the end of the day it's still down to you and your willpower!
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