The month of October is also when the annual Health and Social Care campaign Stoptober gets officially underway.
Visit the Stoptober NHS Better Health website to find out all about the host of useful online resources, support and tips to help you to stop smoking or vaping this October.
This is your chance to join millions of people across the UK to stop smoking and boost your health in time for the colder winter months.
Support to stop smoking
NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s ‘Quit Your Way’ is a free service that can support staff and members of the public to stop smoking through face-to-face support, drop-in sessions and support over the phone, including free nicotine replacement therapy if required.
Through Quit Your Way, you can receive free support from a stop smoking advisor.
Your first appointment is usually half an hour. The advisor will ask you to fill in forms to sign up to the service, and can help with this if required. The advisor will provide support and discuss which stop smoking products would best help your quit attempt.
North Ayrshire Quit Your Way clinics for October are being held as follows:
| Area | Location | Time and Day |
| Dalry | Dalry Health Centre, Vennel Street (for practice patients only) | Mondays, 9.30am to 11.30am |
| Largs | Largs Medical Practice, Brisbane Road (for practice patients only) (telephone support) | Mondays, 10am to 12pm |
| Kilbirnie | Kilbirnie Health Centre, Kirklands Road (for practice patients only) | Tuesdays, 10am to 1pm |
| Irvine | Outpatients, Horseshoe Building, Ayrshire Central Hospital (appointment required – call 0800 783 9132 to book) | Tuesdays, 1pm to 5.30pm |
| Saltcoats | Saltcoats Group Practice, Raise Street (for practice patients only) (telephone support) | Wednesdays, 9.30am to 11.30am |
| Saltcoats | Argyle Community Centre, Donaldson Avenue (drop-in session – no booking required) | Wednesdays, 11.45am to 12.45pm |
| Kilwinning | Kilwinning Library, St Winning’s Ln, Kilwinning KA13 6EP
Townhead Pharmacy, Pennyburn Road (appointment required – call 0800 783 9132 to book) |
Thursdays, 2pm to 5pm |
You can find further information, including how to refer or self-refer to the service, on the NHS A&A website.