Help and Support to Stop Smoking

The most important thing you can do to keep your lungs as healthy as possible is to stop smoking if you currently smoke. There are services in your local area which can support you to stop smoking. Contact details for your local service are listed below:

Newcastle – Visit Newcastle Stop Smoking Service, call 0191 269 1103 or email newcastle.stopsmoking@cgl.org.uk

Gateshead – Call 0191 433 3058 or email smokefree@gateshead.gov.uk

South Tyneside – Call 0191 424 7300 or email public.health@southtyneside.gov.uk

Sunderland – Call 0800 169 9913 or 0191 567 1057

North Cumbria – Call 0300 013 3000 or text ‘pharmacy stop your postcode’ to 80011.

Northumberland – Call 01670 813135

North Tyneside – Call 0191 643 7171 or visit North Tyneside Quitting Smoking

County Durham – Call 0800 772 0565 or 0191 369 2016

Stockton – Visit Stockton Stop Smoking Service or call 01642 383819/01642 383818

Middlesbrough & Redcar  – Visit Stop Smoking South Tees or call 01642 727579

Hartlepool  – Visit Stop Smoking Behavioural Support

Darlington  – Visit Darlington Stop Smoking Hub or call 0800 802 1850

Alternatively, you can contact the Smokefree National Helpline on 0300 123 1044 to speak to a trained, expert advisor.