Primary Health Care - Smoking Cessation

Ready to Quit Smoking? Here’s help…

Quit Smoking Support

A package of information on ways to make quitting smoking easier is available from the Five Hills Health Region. To receive this package, please call Public Health Services at (306)691-1500 or toll free at 1-877-557-4687.

See your pharmacist for pharmaceutical aids (nicotine patches, gum, lozenges, inhalers) that provide small amounts of nicotine that may ease withdrawal symptoms. Zyban or Champix can also be prescribed by your doctor or nurse practitioner.

• What is Primary Health Care?
• PHC Map
• PHC Teams
• Clinical Practice Redesign
• LEAN
• Healthline
• Electronic Health Record
• Chronic Disease Management
• Falls Prevention
• Patient Decision Aids/
Shared Decision Making
• Smoking Cessation
• Healthy Lifestyles

Your Pharmacist can help you QUIT TOBACCO! Ask today how to make a PACT to quit. (Partnership to Assist with Cessation of Tobacco). Click here to find a PACT pharmacist near you www.makeapact.ca or call (306)586-1700.

Help is also available at the Smokers’ Helpline. This confidential and free telephone helpline provides one-on-one counselling and uses a proven method of quitting. Just click or call below.

Reasons to Quit, Benefits of Quitting, Money Saved from Quitting

Nutrition Tips when Quitting

Click here to view the Provincial Tobacco Reduction Strategy.