Stoptober
Written by admin on Thursday 27th September 2018
There is a host of information and resources available again for this important Public Health campaign. Read on for details...
Stoptober, the 28-day stop smoking campaign from Public Health England, is back from 1st October.
Stoptober has driven over 1 million quit attempts to date and is the biggest mass quit attempt in the country. It is based on research that shows that if you can stop smoking for 28-days, you are five times more likely to stay smokefree for good.
Stoptober encourages smokers to find the most suitable support for them rather than trying to go ‘cold turkey’ and there is a range of free support to help people on their quitting journey, including an app, daily emails, Facebook messenger and lots of encouragement from the Stoptober online community on Facebook.
In previous years a Stoptober toolkit was sent out to community pharmacy teams without the need to order one; however, pharmacy teams who wish to participate in the campaign this year will need to order the free toolkit, which can be ordered online from the Public Health England Campaign Resource Centre or by calling the pharmacy order line on 0300 123 1019 and quoting STOP18-PHA.
The pharmacy toolkit contains:
- 2 x A4 posters;
- 50 x A5 leaflets;
- 1 x A5 leaflet dispenser;
- 1 x window cling;
- 2 x shelf wobblers; and
- 1 x briefing sheet.
The toolkit can also be downloaded digitally for you to access these materials: One You Stoptober pharmacy toolkit
Click here to visit the Stoptober website.
- Public Health England have produced a summary document of resources available for healthcare professionals which introduces what's available, having conversations with potential quitters, what support is available and advice about e-cigarettes. To access the document, sign-in or register for free on PHE’s campaign resource centre.
- The document includes a link to Stop smoking options: guidance for conversations with patients, which covers the different options available for stopping smoking and their effectiveness.
More advice is available where smoking services are still commissioned locally - see the individual commissioned services for your locality on our CPSC website
