What Your Consultation Includes
Complete Tobacco Use Assessment. Your doctor reviews your smoking history, patterns of use, triggers, previous quit attempts, and your current level of motivation — building a complete picture before proposing any approach.
General Health Assessment. Review of your general health and the risks associated with tobacco use, including cardiovascular and respiratory history, and other conditions relevant to the clinical decision on the most appropriate approach.
Personalised Cessation Plan. A structured plan tailored to your pattern of use, lifestyle, and goals — not a generic approach applied the same way to every patient.
Behavioural Strategies. Practical guidance for managing cravings, identifying and avoiding triggers, and preventing relapse — an essential component of any evidence-based smoking cessation approach.
Assessment for Pharmacological Therapy, When Indicated. When clinically appropriate, your doctor can recommend nicotine replacement therapy, or assess the suitability of other pharmacological options based on your clinical history, contraindications, and individual risk profile. Any therapeutic decision is made exclusively by the doctor, after a complete assessment.
Follow-Up and Monitoring. Ongoing support throughout the cessation process, with follow-up consultations to monitor progress, adjust the approach, and support long-term maintenance.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy and Pharmacological Options
Evidence-based smoking cessation often combines behavioural support with pharmacological therapy. Your doctor discusses the options most suited to your case, which may include:
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT). Patches, gums, lozenges, and other forms of NRT, available without a prescription, help manage withdrawal symptoms while gradually reducing nicotine dependence.
Prescription Therapy. For certain patients, prescription pharmacological therapy can significantly increase the chances of success. Whether this approach is suitable for you depends on a careful clinical assessment of your health history, including psychiatric history and other relevant contraindications. Your doctor explains the benefits, risks, and side-effect profile before any decision.
The decision on which therapy is right for your case is made exclusively by the doctor, after a complete clinical assessment. Not every patient is a candidate for prescription pharmacological therapy.
Who This Service Is For
This consultation is suitable for:
- Smokers and e-cigarette users who want to quit for good
- People who have tried to quit before and relapsed
- Patients with health conditions worsened by smoking — asthma, hypertension, cardiovascular disease
- Anyone seeking structured medical support rather than trying to quit alone
- People preparing for surgery, for whom quitting smoking significantly reduces perioperative risk
Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy
Quitting smoking during pregnancy is one of the most important health interventions you can make, both for yourself and your baby — but it requires a careful, differentiated clinical approach.
In pregnancy, the approach is predominantly behavioural, with nicotine replacement therapy considered on a case-by-case basis, under medical guidance. Most prescription pharmacological therapy is not recommended during pregnancy.
If you are pregnant and want to quit smoking, your doctor develops a plan specific to your situation, with your baby's safety as the absolute clinical priority.
Why Seek Medical Support to Quit Smoking
The scientific evidence consistently shows that trying to quit smoking with structured medical support significantly increases the chances of success, compared with trying to quit without any support.
Medical support allows for more effective identification and management of withdrawal symptoms, assessment of whether pharmacological therapy is suitable for your specific case, and ongoing behavioural support that is decisive in avoiding relapse in the first weeks and months — the most critical period of the entire cessation process.
Why Choose Our Care
Personalised medical support. Your cessation plan is built around your pattern of use, health history, and personal goals — not a generic approach.
Doctors registered with the Portuguese Medical Association. All assessments are carried out by doctors registered with the Portuguese Medical Association, with experience in smoking cessation.
Ongoing follow-up. Smoking cessation is a process, not a single event. We offer follow-up consultations to monitor your progress and adjust the approach as needed.
Careful assessment for pharmacological therapy. When prescription therapy is considered, we do so with the rigorous clinical assessment this decision requires — including screening for relevant contraindications.
Secure and confidential. Your consultation is carried out by encrypted video call, in full compliance with Portuguese data protection and telemedicine standards.
