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Quitting smoking at any age improves health and quality of life for you and people near you. Evidence confirms that even brief counselling by a health professional, particularly a general practitioner, can increase your chances of successfully quitting:
Australia's National Tobacco Strategy [Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing] is a policy framework for the Australian Government and State and Territory Governments to work together and in collaboration with non-government agencies to improve health and to reduce the social costs caused by tobacco.
Follow the links to find information on how to quit and the effectiveness of various ways of stopping smoking.
Updated June 2009
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Quitting smoking
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The Cancer Council Australia
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Provides useful information and links to resources about giving up smoking.
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Mar 2009
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Smoking - quitting tips
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Better Health Channel
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Quitting smoking can take several attempts. You can follow some simple strategies to help you become, and stay, a non-smoker. Quit cessation courses, counselling and telephone support can provide extra support. Nicotine replacement therapy is available through your pharmacist or your doctor can prescribe medication to help you quit.
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Jan 2009
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Giving up smoking
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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If you made the mistake of becoming a smoker you are probably aware of how hard it is to give up. Don't give up hope though because it can be done.
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Sep 2008
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Giving up smoking
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The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
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People can usually list many good reasons for not smoking or giving up smoking. Often they are the very people who cannot seem to stop, even when they know there is no safe level of smoking
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Jul 2008
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Competitions and incentives for smoking cessation
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Smokers may quit while they take part in a competition or receive rewards for quitting, but do no better than unassisted quitters once the rewards stop. The type of reward, and whether or not the smokers put up their own money to take part, make little ...
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Apr 2008
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Smoking quit services for diverse groups
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Better Health Channel
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Quit services to help you stop smoking are available from a diverse range of organisations and in a number of community languages. Tobacco smoking is the single most common cause of ill health and premature death in Australia. In many communities from non-English speaking (NES) or culturally diverse (CALD) backgrounds, smoking rates are very high.
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Mar 2008
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Smoking - the financial cost
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Better Health Channel
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Smoking costs money as well as your health. Cigarettes are expensive. Quitting can save you money and future health costs too. If you smoke one pack of cigarettes each day for 10 years, you'll spend enough money to buy a new car or put a deposit on a house.
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Feb 2008
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Physician advice for smoking cessation
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Does advice from doctors encourage people who smoke to quit Advice from doctors helps people who smoke to quit. Even when doctors provide brief simple advice about quitting smoking this increases the likelihood that someone who smokes will successfully ...
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Feb 2008
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Quit smoking: 10 tips
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myDr
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Read these 10 quick tips to help you quit smoking, including nicotine patches, motivation and other information on giving up smoking.
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Jan 2008
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Smoking - weight gain and quitting
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Better Health Channel
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Most smokers gain a small amount of weight when they quit smoking. The causes include the effect of nicotine on the body and the ex-smoker's inclination to eat more. However you can quit and keep weight gain low. A few extra kilograms are a much lower health risk than continuing to smoke.
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Nov 2007
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Mass media interventions for smoking cessation in adults
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Mass media interventions involve communication through television, radio, newspapers, billboards, posters, leaflets or booklets, with the intention of encouraging smokers to stop, and of maintaining abstinence in non-smokers. It is likely that they cont...
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Nov 2007
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Nursing interventions for smoking cessation
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Most smokers want to quit, and may be helped by advice and support from healthcare professionals. Nurses are the largest healthcare workforce, and are involved in virtually all levels of health care. This review of clinical trials covered 42 studies, wi...
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Oct 2007
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Cannabinoid type 1 receptor antagonists (rimonabant) for smoking cessation
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Long-term use of nicotine can upset the endocannabinoid system in the brain, which controls food intake and energy balance. Rimonabant may help smokers to quit by rebalancing the system, which then reduces nicotine and food cravings. We searched our own...
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Aug 2007
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Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Smoking contributes to many health problems including cancers, cardiovascular disease, and lung diseases. Smoking also increases the risk associated with hospitalisation for surgery. People who are in hospital because of a smoking-related illness are li...
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May 2007
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Interventions to reduce harm from continued tobacco use
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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People who smoke may be unwilling or unable to stop smoking completely. Cutting down the number of cigarettes smoked daily or smoking less damaging products may reduce the harm caused by smoking. It may also be a step towards stopping smoking completely...
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May 2007
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Antidepressants for smoking cessation
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Trials of bupropion (Zyban) for smoking cessation indicate that it can approximately double the odds of quitting. The side effects of bupropion include insomnia, dry mouth and nausea. This medication can also cause seizures; at the dose used for smoking...
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Oct 2006
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Heart disease: reduce the risk
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myDr
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You can reduce your risk of heart disease by following a few sensible steps. Here's how.
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Jul 2006
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: COPD
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myDr
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a long term condition that blocks the airways in the lungs. Read all about it.
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Jul 2006
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