Bethany started smoking when she was 14 and, before she became smoke free, she would smoke between 20 — 40 cigarettes a day costing her over £100 each week. Then something wonderful happened. Bethany found out she was pregnant! Determined to protect her baby and have a healthy pregnancy, she knew she had to stop smoking.
Bethany’s midwife gave her our contact details, she was promptly booked a smoke free appointment with Amy, one of our expert health improvement practitioners and it was a success story all the way…
Amy provided Bethany with specialised, one-to-one ongoing support, offering encouragement and understanding of the nicotine addiction process. Together they developed a personalised quit plan that included a quit date, strategies to cope with cravings, withdrawal symptoms, how to manage triggers, and more.
To further assist Bethany with her quit attempt, Amy talked through all the stop smoking medications available. Of all the options she decided to quit smoking by switching to vaping, so Amy sent her a free vaping kit contained a vape and 5 weeks’ worth of vaping fluid to her started. She expressed how she found vaping a highly effective aid to becoming smoke free, saying: “Once I got used to vaping it really helped with the cravings. I’m slowly reducing the nicotine levels, and I’ve gone down from 12mg [of nicotine] to 2mg.”
Bethany is saving roughly £5,200 a year by not smoking, that is a massive achievement! Redirection of those funds is making a world of difference because, as Bethany rightly noted, raising a child is a major financial commitment, saying: “I’ve got more money now and it goes straight on the kids.”
In a final statement, Bethany expressed how much she valued having a health improvement practitioner by her side, saying: “Amy was really supportive, especially at times when I felt like giving up. She motivated me and constantly kept me going.”
Now smoke free, Bethany has successfully protected her baby from harmful tobacco smoke which is one of the best things she could have done to give her child a healthy start in life. Even though it was difficult at times, Bethany has proved that with the right support you can become smoke free for good.