PATCH PROGRAMME - LloydsPharmacy

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more oxygen in your blood. You won't get out of
breath so quickly when you walk upstairs or do
any other everyday activity.
• You will save money. If you used to smoke 20
cigarettes a day, you could save more than £750
a year. Imagine what you could spend it on - a
holiday abroad, new clothes, a bike, or you could
put it towards a new car or a new kitchen.
• You, your clothes and your house will smell fresher.
• Your hands and teeth won't look stained.
• There'll be no dirty ashtrays or cigarettes
ends to clear up.
• You will soon start to feel proud that you
have the strength and willpower to stop
smoking.
What kind of smoker are you?
Before you stop smoking, think about why you smoke in the
first place. Put yourself in one of the 3 groups below. Once
you know why you smoke, you will be able to see when you
are most likely to feel tempted - your 'danger times'. Make a
list of your 'danger times' over the page, then you can
decide what you will do when they arrive.
• Do you smoke for pleasure or social reasons?
If you're a 'pleasure' smoker, you smoke because
you enjoy it. You smoke when you're having a drink,
when you're watching TV, reading, listening to music,
when you're pleased with yourself, when
you’ve been successful and when you're with
your friends. You may like the smell of tobacco
smoke, the warmth of the cigarette and the fact
that it gives your hands something to do. In other
words you smoke to make the good times seem even better.
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