Government policy and funding brings added value to local services. Berkshire's programmes are the local delivery of the Government’s policy to reduce the levels of smoking. Nationally 120,000 smoking related deaths occur each year.

In Berkshire we intend to reduce the risk that causes preventable diseases caused through smoking.

There are two Smoking Cessation teams in Berkshire

Berkshire East

Bracknell, Maidenhead, Slough & Windsor

Web site  www.berkshire.nhs.uk/timetostop

You can contact them via their contact form

 

Berkshire West

Reading, Wokingham, Newbury / West Berkshire

Web site  www.berkshirewest-pct.nhs.uk/stopsmoking

You can register for the service via their registration form

 

Please Select your local service for further information.

Smoking and Health

These are some informative articles written by Ray Foan while he was manager of the West Berkshire Smoking Cessation Team.

Click the titles below to read the articles.

Why Patients Should be Concerned

Smoking and Blindness

Smoking and Leukaemia

4,000 Chemicals in Cigarettes/Smoke

Smoking and the Brain