Stoptober 2025: Feel Free campaign

Research shows that if smokers can quit for four weeks, they’re five times more likely to stop for good. That’s why every October, the national Stoptober campaign encourages smokers to put down cigarettes for 28 days.

This year, the Stop Smoking Service is launching a brand-new campaign: Feel Free. It’s all about reclaiming your freedom:

• Freedom from cravings and habits that hold you back
• Freedom to breathe easier, feel stronger, and live healthier
• Freedom to save money - up to £285 a month
• Freedom to embrace a future with clearer lungs and clearer skin

The campaign offers motivation, resources and support to help people take that first crucial step toward a smoke-free life.

Quitting is easier with the right help. Our in-house Stop Smoking Advisors provide guidance, free stop smoking medications (including vape) and practical tips tailored to individual needs across Richmond.

The service is available face-to-face, over the phone or at one of our community drop-ins and on the Health Bus.

Where we'll be this Stoptober

Visit a community drop-in service or our health bus throughout October.

Community drop-in service

Our community drop-in service is available on Mondays and Thursdays.

Mondays

• Dates: Monday 6, 13, 20 and 27 October 2025
• Time: 10am to 3pm 

Thursdays

• Dates: Thursday 2 and 30 October 2025
• Time: 9am to 1pm

All drop-ins take place at Twickenham Civic Centre Reception, 44 York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3BZ.

If you can't make the dates above, contact the team directly: 

• 0800 389 7921
• stopsmokingteam@richmond.gov.uk

Health bus

You can also visit our health bus for:

• Stop smoking advice
• Flu and COVID vaccinations
• Pneumonia vaccinations (Kneller Gardens and Ham Village Pharmacy only)
• Hypertension case finding
• Needle exchange for drug misuse (Kneller Gardens and Ham Village Pharmacy only)
• General health advice
• NHS health checks (eligibility criteria apply, Healthfield Recreation Ground and Nelson Road car park only)

The bus will visit the following locations:

Kneller Gardens

• Date: Sunday 19 October 2025
• Time: 8.30am to 2.30pm
• Location: Kneller Gardens, outside the Pavillion, Meadway, Twickenham TW2 6PH

Ham Village Pharmacy

• Date: Wednesday 22 October 2025
• Time: 10am to 4pm
• Location: Ham Village Pharmacy, previously Kanset Pharmacy, 177 Ashburnham Road, Richmond TW10 7NR

Heathfield Recreation Ground

• Date: Thursday 23 October 2025
• Time: 11am to 5pm
• Location: Heathfield Recreation Ground, outside the Pavillion, Powder Mill Lane, Twickenham TW2 6EG

Nelson Road Car Park

• Date: Friday 24 October 2025
• Time: 10am to 4pm
• Location: Nelson Road car park, 1 Library Way, Whitton TW2 7AP