Assistance with Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy
Help with smoking cessation
There are Quit programs in Australia and New Zealand that can provide
assistance to you to help you cease smoking. Smoking during pregnancy
can cause adverse health outcomes for your baby.
Australia
New Zealand
Quit Programs in Australia
Australian Quit programs
Quit is a program of The
Cancer Council of Victoria which encourages and assists smokers
to quit smoking through
- Quitline telephone counselling - 131 848
From anywhere in Australia for the cost of a local call you can
call this confidential telephone services for information, support
and advice on smoking cessation. Also available free of charge
are 'Quit Packs'.
- Quit courses - call 131 848 to enrol
- Media activity and campaigns
- Programs supporting communities (click on 'Communities') such
as Aboriginal
and multi-cultural communities
Quit Now - the National Tobacco
Campaign
This website is an initiative of the Population Health Division,
Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing.
The website offers facts about smoking, the science behind the campaign
and anti-tobacco links.
Quit
New South Wales
Quit
Queensland
Quit
South Australia
Quit Tasmania
Quit Western Australia
Quit Australian
Capital Territory
Quit
Northern Territory
Quit Programs in New Zealand
New Zealand programs
The Quit Group
The Quit Group is a charitable trust set up to develop and provide
smoking cessation programs in New Zealand.
- Quitline - 0800 778 778
Free quit smoking helpline which provides help with smoking cessation,
information, quitting tips and advice
- Quit Packs - telephone 0800 778 778
Cancer
Society of New Zealand
To speak to a specialist cancer nurse contact:
Cancer Society - Auckland
(t) 09-308 0162 (Auckland)
(t) 0800-800 426 (outside Auckland)
Smokechange
Smokechange offers free, step-by-step support through change that
is personalised, matched to individual readiness, can be home-based
and 1 or 2 sessions or several over several months. Smokechange
is a health-funded service provided by Education for Change for
addressing smoking in pegnancy .
Contact Smokechange:
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0800 00 50 50 (Smokechange invercargill) |
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03 379 9947 (Smokechange Christchurch) |
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09 357 0781(Smokechange Auckland) |
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