Smokefree
Here you will find a range of resources to help you or a family member become smokefree.
Key Points:
- Smoking causes the premature (early) death of about 4,700 New Zealanders each year. Nearly half of those deaths occur in middle age (35-69 years)
- About one third of all Maori deaths are linked to tobacco use
- On average, smokers die 14 years earlier than non-smokers!
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 Smoking Cessation Guidelines - Summary Version - Full Version |
 | Thinking about quitting | Quit NZ | |
 | Have a smoke, Have a Think | HealthEd Govt | 12 Pages |
| He Ara Oranga | HealthEd Govt | 24 Pages |
| A journey to wellbeing - colourful booklet for Maori thinking about quitting | |||
| Cigarette cost calculator | Quit NZ | |
| Smoking Infosheet | National Heart Foundation | 2 Pages |
| Not Our Future | Not our Future | |
| Smokefree campaign with range of resources, celebs, singers, stories, likely to appeal to young people | |||
| Resources in Samoan, Tongan and Asian languages | Quit NZ | |
| Multiple Languages | |||
| Smoking and stress | Quit NZ | 2 Pages |
| Cancer Society infosheet | |||
| Diabetes and smoking | Diabetes Project Trust | |
| Diabetes NZ webpage | |||
| Managing cravings and the 4 D's | Quit NZ | |
| 1. Delay ; 2. Deep Breathe; 3. Drink water ; 4. Do something else | |||
| Quiiting Smoking & Weight Gain | Quit NZ | 2 Pages |
| Quitting Smoking and Stress | Quit NZ | 2 Pages |
| Quitting Smoking and Weight Gain | Quit NZ | 2 Pages |
| Korean | |||
| The benefits of quitting smoking - Info sheet | Quit NZ | 2 Pages |
| smokestop | National Heart Foundation | |
| 20 good reasons to quit |  | 1 Page |
How to Quit - Options that can help
1. We recommend you see your GP then....
| 2. Order Quit Pack from Quit NZ | Quit NZ | |
| 3. Sign up for Txt2Quit | Quit NZ | |
| 4. Join Quit NZ Online community | Quit NZ | |
| emails, blogs and more | |||
| 5a. Find a Maori or Pacific Support Programme - West Coast | Aukati Kaipaipa | |
| 5b. Find a Maori or Pacific Support Programme - Canterbury | Aukati Kaipaipa | |
| 6. Find a service in your region | Smokefree contacts map | |
| Smokefree Contacts Map & Directory from Smokefree Coalition | |||
| Helping others | | 2 Pages |
| Quit NZ | Quit NZ | |
| hours and services | |||
| Read real people's stories | Quit NZ | |
| Not Our Future | Not our Future | |
| stories, resources, downloads for young people | |||
| Patches & Gum | Quit NZ | |
| Multiple Languages | |||
| Smokefree/Auahi Kore Directory 2009-2010 | Smokefree Coalition | 102 Pages |
How to Quit - Relapse
"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times."
- Mark Twain
| Trying to quit again | Quit NZ | |
| Relapse happens | HealthEd Govt | 20 Pages |
| Health effects | Quit NZ | |
| Smoking and your body | Quit Now Info | |
| Australian Website | |||
| Hundreds of illnesses | ASH | |
| Smoking during pregnancy | Quit NZ | 2 Pages |
| Second hand smoke in NZ | Second-hand Smoke in New Zealand | |
| New Zealand Smoking Cessation Guidelines – Summary Insert (PDF, 89 KB) | Ministry of Health | 2 Pages |
| August, 2007 | |||
| New Zealand Smoking Cessation Guidelines - Full Version | Ministry of Health | 60 Pages |
| August, 2007 | |||
| E-learning module on smoking cessation | Ministry of Health | |