Nicotine Replacement Therapy
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You are more likely to quit smoking by mixing and matching motivational support from an advisor with stop smoking aids or medicines. These can help you manage withdrawal symptoms such as cravings, headaches and trouble sleeping.
Nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) -including patches, gum, lozenges, microtabs, inhalators and nasal sprays- are available from the NHS with a prescription and can also be bought from pharmacies and other shops (such as supermarkets) without a prescription.
Information about NRTs
- NRT gives you some of the nicotine that you would have received from cigarettes, but without all the harmful substances like tar, cyanide and carbon monoxide.
- A full course of treatment usually lasts for 8-12 weeks, but because NRT is so much safer than smoking, it can be used for longer periods if it helps you to not smoke.
- All licensed nicotine-containing products are effective treatments to help you stop smoking, however no single NRT product is better than any other, and there are a number of options.
- Because NRT gives you a lower dose of nicotine than you get from cigarettes, many people use the patch to give a background dose of nicotine and one of the other products, such as the gum or the lozenges, to top this up.
For more details on the different types of NRTs available and how to use them, visit the NHS website.
NHS website - NRTsPharmacies accepting Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) vouchers
For pharmacy opening hours please visit: NHS Choices website. Below is a list of pharmacies who accept Nicotine Replacement Therapy vouchers. Click on the location headings to expand the list and see all the options in your area.
Alveston
Alveston Pharmacy
- Call: 01454 418222
- Address: 2 Greenhill Parade, Alveston, Bristol, BS35 3LU
Bradley Stoke, Little Stoke and Stoke Gifford
Bradley Stoke Pharmacy
- Call: 01454 612855
- Address: Brook Way, Bradley Stoke, BS32 9DS
Jhoots Pharmacy
Downend
Cleevewood Pharmacy
- Call: 0117 9566858
- Address: 7 Cleevewood Road, Downend, BS16 2SF
Well Pharmacy
- Call: 0117 956 1988
- Address: 7 Badminton Road Downend BS16 6BB
Filton
Day Lewis pharmacy
- Call: 0117 969 0808
- Address: 508 Filton Ave, Horfield BS7
Kingswood
Billings Pharmacy
- Call: 0117 9670061
- Address: 5 Kingschase Shopping Centre BS15 8LP
Longwell Green
ASDA Pharmacy
- Call: 0117 3012810
- Address: Craven Way BS30 7DY
Cadbury Heath Pharmacy and Health
- Call: 0117 9671192
- Address:1 School Road, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8EN
Oldland
Oldland Common Pharmacy
- Call: 0117 932 2642
- Address: 179 High Street, Oldland Common, BS30 9QG
Patchway
ASDA pharmacy
- Call: 0117 3172410
- Address: Asda Superstore, Highwood Lane BS34 5TL
JHoots
- Call: 0117 9692878
- Address: 108 Rodway Road BS34 5PG
Pilning
Pilning Community Pharmacy
- Call: 01454 631576
- Address: Northwick Road, Pilning, BS35 4JF
Thornbury
Thornbury Pharmacy
- Call: 01454 413235
- Address: 8-10 Horseshoe Lane, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 2AZ
Cohens Chemist
- Call: 01454 411126
- Address:
Warmley
Cadbury Heath Pharmacy and Health
- Call: 0117 9671192
- Address:1 School Road, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8EN
Yate and Chipping Sodbury
Yate Family Pharmacy
- Call: 01454 323496
- Address: Kennedy Way Surgery Kennedy Way BS37 4AA
Chipping Sodbury Pharmacy
- Call: 01454 313354
- Address: 33 High Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, BS37 6BA