Support for giving up smoking

What is it?

Those who have already attempted to quit smoking will probably have noticed that it is not always that easy. There may be several hurdles that make you postpone the attempt, or make it difficult to persevere after you found the courage to quit.

Support services for giving up smoking (provided by e.g. a stop smoking adviser) will give you some guidelines and tips that you can adjust to your personal circumstances. It is important to remember that giving up smoking does not rob you from a bit of freedom or from some time for yourself. It represents added value to your life, something that can make your life more pleasant, more flavoursome and calmer.

Support process

In our hospitals, the psychologist/stop smoking adviser works at the request of your attending physician in the hospital, who provides medical follow-up and support for your attempt to give up smoking.

If you do not have an attending physician at the hospital, you can call on the pulmonologist who has specialised in support for giving up smoking for medical follow-up. They determine the quality of your lung function. Together with you, the pulmonologist tries to determine the degree of nicotine dependency. We will also work together to find tools that are most suitable for you.

The psychologist/stop smoking advisor mainly focuses on changing and maintaining behaviour. They also look at the use of aids with you. During the first and the follow-up consultations, your specific needs will be looked at to optimise and support the stop smoking process.

Growing up smoke-free

Passive smoking is the involuntary inhalation of tobacco smoke from the environment. The body absorbs these harmful substances through inhalation, the mouth or the skin.

Passive smoking can have an especially large impact on the health of children. The body and organs of babies, toddlers and children are smaller than those of adults. They are also still developing. It is therefore of the utmost importance to protect children against tobacco smoke.

The time a woman discovers she is pregnant is often also the moment she decides to quit smoking. Controlled and/or supported given up smoking may be an option. An unborn baby benefits every moment of the pregnancy during which the exposure to tobacco smoke is reduced. It is preferable to be completely smoke-free. This also applies to the period of breastfeeding.

The best way to keep your children from using tobacco is by setting a ‘good example’.
Two birds with one stone: a healthier life for yourself and for your child.