Local community organisations, clubs, courses and programmes
Stop Smoking
Christchurch City Libraries has many resources to help you stop smoking and the treatment of nicotine addiction.
Stop smoking websites are listed in the the Internet Gateway.
If you smoke, one of the best things you can do for your health is stop.
There are many organisations in New Zealand promoting quitting smoking.
The Quit Group is a charitable trust set up to run quit smoking programmes in New Zealand, including the national free telephone support Quitline. It offers free telephone support, resources and low cost nicotine patches or gum to New Zealand residents. People can phone 0800 778 778 to speak to a Quitline Advisor.
The Cancer Society runs a Quit Smoking website.
Stop smoking resources
Internet Gateway
- Aukati Kaipaipa - helping Māori become auahi kore - smokefree. Free nicotime patches, a Quit coach and more.
- Smoking and Cancer: A Cancer Society Fact Sheet [PDF 214Kb] The cold, hard facts on smoking related deaths.
- Information sheets from Quit - Me Motu PDFs on subjects including nicotine gum and patches, the benefits of stopping smoking and helping others quit. Resources are available in Samoan, Tongan and Asian languages.
- Helping others quit [PDF 110Kb] Ways you can help people you know quit.
- ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) has good information on their site - ways to stop smoking, including options for giving up, nicotine replacement therapies, and group therapies.
Browse the resources in our libraries:
- Stopping smoking
- Nicotine addiction - treatment
