Mersey Care is striving to become totally smoke free across all its sites and services.
As part of our goal to become smoke free, this page is intended to provide information and signposting to support to help with quitting smoking.
Benefits of quitting smoking
The earlier you quit smoking, the more you're likely to benefit.
But it's never too late – because quitting will improve your health whatever your age and no matter how long you have smoked.
Create a Personal Quit Plan
Don't know where to start? Answer a few simple questions to get a Personalised Quit Plan, designed to support you every step of the way. With tailored advice and practical tips, this plan gives you the tools to quit smoking and stay smoke free for good.
Find your local Stop Smoking Service
There's a free local Stop Smoking Service near you. It's much easier to stop smoking when you get the right support and with professional help, you're 3 times as likely to quit for good.
Contact your local service to check they can help you before visiting them at their address.
The Smoke Free App: Staff Offer
The Smoke Free app is your 24/7 companion to help you stop smoking.
As an associate of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, you are entitled to free paid features, free quit aids such as vapes and nicotine replacement therapies, and 24/7 online support.
What does the offer include?
Smoke Free is the most popular stop smoking app available. More than four million people from 190 countries have used the app in the past six years and it is rated 4.7 stars on the App Store (with 150,000 5-star reviews).
The staff offer in Cheshire and Merseyside is designed to remove access barriers for staff who want to quit by offering:
- 6 months’ access to paid features
- 24/7 on-demand support from NCSCT-trained advisors
- Automated delivery of the NCSCT Standard Treatment Programme
- Onboarding call with an advisor
- AI quit-coach chatbot for anonymous support
- Peer support community chatroom
- Live progress tracking (time spent smoke free, money savings, health gains)
- Certificates, badges and practical quit tools
- Home delivery of NICE first-line treatments, including Dual NRT, Vapes and Varenicline
Download the app now!
Staying smoke free
You've quit smoking! That's great news! Now, with a solid plan and the right support, you can manage cravings, handle triggers and avoid relapsing.
Explore these guides for practical tips to help you stay smoke free.
Vaping to quit smoking
Nicotine vaping is less harmful than smoking. It's also one of the most effective tools for quitting smoking.
Vaping is not completely harmless and we don’t know yet what the long-term effects may be.
Children and non-smokers should never vape.
Here you will find the facts on vaping, based on scientific evidence and research, plus advice on how to use vapes (sometimes called e-cigarettes or e-cigs) as a tool to quit smoking, from the NHS Better Health Campaign.
From 1 June 2025, the sale of disposable vapes will be banned, and in line with this, the use of disposable vapes is prohibited across all Trust sites.
Staff who smoke or vape, are also reminded whilst on duty they are only allowed do so during their unpaid breaks away from premises, and not be identifiable by their uniform, lanyard, or any attire displaying the Trust logo.
More information on this can be found in the Nicotine Management Policy (SA20)
