Smoking Cessation Services

Newcastle University acknowledges that the second hand tobacco smoke is both a public and work place health hazard and as from January 2007 has implemented a smoke free campus. Smoking is not permitted in any University premises or grounds at any time by any person regardless of their status or business in the University.

Local Services

Stop Smoking Services are locality based and, as University employees live within the large geographical conurbation of Tyne & Wear and Northumberland, detailed below are the contact telephone numbers for your local Stop Smoking Service:

  • Newcastle & Nth Tyneside
    • 0191 219 5111
  • Gateshead & Sth Tyneside
    • 0191 283 1145
  • Northumberland
    • 01670 813 135
  • Sunderland
    • 0800 587 4865
  • Durham Dales
    • 01388 452396
  • Darlington
    • 01325 746114
  • Derwentside
    • 01207 214109
  • Durham & Chester-le-street
    • 0191 3744109
  • Easington
    • 0191 5692825
  • Sedgefield
    • 01429 880 888
  • Tees
    • 01642 223 023

Newcastle & North Tyneside Service is the key local service which can be contacted on 0191 219 5111 - it offers a range of services:

  • Referral Method: People can refer themselves or are referred by health care professionals in hospital and primary care.
  • Times Helpline: 9am - 5pm
  • Service: A treatment service to help residents of Newcastle aid North Tyneside to stop smoking in primary care, secondary care, and in the workplace and the community.
  • Pregnancy services: Specialist smoking and pregnancy advisors provide one-to-one treatment for pregnant woman and their families.
  • Ethnic services: Health development workers provide stop smoking advice and treatment to the Asian community in Newcastle. Interpreters are provided to facilitate access to services by ethnic minorities and asylum seekers.
  • Other services: Specialist advisors work with manual workers, young people and pregnant woman, as key population groups. A specialist advisor works in community settings. Also has several drop-in clinics staffed by nurse prescribers, where no appointment is necessary.
  • Email public: emma.speed@newcastle-pct.nhs.uk

 For further information about 'Local NHS Stop Smoking Services' visit www.givingupsmoking.co.uk/nhs_sss/find/

Regional Services

  • Regional Services in Newcastle [.doc]
  • Regional Services in North Tyneside [.doc]
  • Fresh Smoke Free North East (www.freshne.com) – to give you all the information you might need about tobacco issues in the North East
  • Smoke free England Information Line - 0800 169 1697 - the Government has also launched an information line for people who have questions about the upcoming smoke-free law. The line has been set up to offer everyone in England information and support in the run up to the introduction of smoke free legislation in summer 2007. 

National Services

National Quitline 0800 169 0169 (open 9am–9pm every day) - this NHS Smoking Quitline offers:

  • friendly, practical advice and support on smoking and giving up
  • details of your local NHS Stop Smoking Service
  • free information packs
  • www.givingupsmoking.co.uk

NHS Pregnancy Smoking Helpline 0800 169 9 169

  • Open 12 midday – 9pm every day. 
  • Answer phone out of hours. 
  • Call-back service offered

NHS Asian Tobacco Helplines

  • Urdu (0800 169 0 881)
  • Punjabi (0800 169 0 882)
  • Hindi - (0800 169 0 883)
  • Gujarati - (0800 169 0 884)
  • Bengali - (0800 169 0 885)

All lines open Tuesday 1pm – 9pm; answer phone out of hours; call–back service offered.

Ethnic Tobacco Helplines

  • Bengali (mon) - 0800 00 22 44    
  • Gujarati (tue) -  0800 00 22 55
  • Hindi (wed) - 0800 00 22 66
  • Punjabi (thu) - 0800 00 22 77
  • Urdu (sun) - 0800 00 22 88
  • Turkish & Kurdish (thu 1-5pm and sun 1-9pm) - 0800 00 22 99

All lines open Tuesday 1pm – 9pm

Smoking cessation advice in the workplace

Smoking prevention services for young people

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