Smoking Cessation

Quitting smoking is one of the best decisions you can make for your health. If you are ready to quit smoking there are many different options and products to help you quit and stay tobacco-free.

Health New Zealand - info.health- Smoking (external link)

Smokefree.org.nz has been developed to provide easy to understand and engaging content to enable and inspire all New Zealanders to live and promote a smokefree lifestyle for themselves, their whānau and their community. Includes information on vaping and vaping to quit.

Website includes information on smoking and its effects; smokefree environments and smokefree and Vapefree resources.

Information about Smokefree NZ (external link)

Website includes information on how to quit and stay quit.

Information about Quitline (external link)

Health New Zealand hosts publicly available resources and publications informed by research and evidence.

Health promotion Information and resources publicly available

Intuto is an online learning platform developed by Whānau Āwhina Plunket developed  to support WCTO nurses in their mahi prior to undertaking the Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Health Care and while on the programme.

Accessing Intuto:

Please contact your WCTO Team leader/Manager to access the registration link and information to access Intuto.

Free online learning. This site provides professional education and training for Health Professionals in New Zealand. These courses and resources are provided free by the Ministry of Health.

Information about smoking cessation on the Learn Online website (external link)

The Smokefree resources on this site include advisory pamphlets and signage relating to the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990 and advice and help for those who want to quit smoking.

Informaation about smoking cessation on the HealthEd website (external link)

Te Whatu Ora, alongside many other organisations, is working toward the Government’s goal that New Zealand be smokefree by 2025 – with a smoking prevalence of less than 5% of the population. Our contribution to this change focuses on key audiences – young adults and youth, with a particular emphasis on Māori.

Information about smokefree resources (external link)

Information for those who are thinking about quitting, wanting to support someone to quit, or have recently relapsed and need some advice.

Smokefree Help and Advice (external link)