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General information
Health Effects of Smoking
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The Ministry of Health’s tobacco control pages include a wealth of information on the effects of smoking and second-hand smoke on the human body.
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This page provides a history and overview of the link between tobacco and cancer, with links to further information.
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This website has a number of pages about the health effects of exposure to second-hand smoke. The Health Effects section of the website contains links to fact sheets and research reports.
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This page contains a concise summary of the health effects of smoking, including the effects of exposure to second-hand smoke and the poisonous ingredients found in tobacco products.
Legislation
New Zealand smokefree legislation
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This Ministry of Health website provides a comprehensive overview of New Zealand’s smokefree legislation, including a number of related topics such as how to make a complaint.
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This page provides an overview of New Zealand smokefree legislation as well as Australian and international law.
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This section of the Smokefree England site allows you to compare the status of smokefree legislation in various countries.
Smokefree legislation media campaign in New Zealand
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Details of the mass media campaign designed to support the introduction of the Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act 2003.
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This page gives an overview of smokefree legislation in New Zealand, including the Smoke-free Environments Act 1990 and an evaluation of the indoor smokefree workplaces legislation.
Quitting Smoking
How to quit
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The smoking cessation page of the Action on Smoking and Health (ASH NZ) website provides information about quitting methods along with links to further resources.
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Information about a number of agencies and programmes that have been developed to support people in their effort to quit smoking as well as links to further resources and information.
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Here you’ll find a short summary of quitting tips and where to get extra help.
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Here is lots of helpful information about how to cope with stress, cravings, “quitter’s blues”, weight gain and setbacks.
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Become a Quit member and post your own quitter blogs (quitting diary) while getting support from other bloggers.
Thinking about quitting
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The smoking cessation page of the Action on Smoking and Health (ASH NZ) website provides a good summary of reasons and methods to quit.
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This section of the New Zealand Heart Foundation website lists the benefits of stopping smoking and provides a helpful page on how to quit.
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The Quit Group website has useful information to consider when thinking about quitting: reasons people smoke, reasons to give up, the health effects of smoking, getting help, real life stories. There are also some useful resources to help motivate quit attempts such as calculators and checklists.
Quit Smoking Programmes
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This programme is run in nearly 40 sites around the country. It primarily targets Māori women and their whānau, and provides one-on-one counselling to help people quit smoking. To find your nearest provider go to http://www.tehotumanawa.org.nz/smoking-cessation/local-directory.cfm.
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Here is information about how to become part of the Quitline programme and order a Quit pack that includes low cost nicotine patches and gum, (nicotine replacement therapy). Join the online quitter community, getting help from friends and family. Call the Quitline free on 0800 778 778 and talk to an advisor (including Māori and Pacific advisors).
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If you are thinking about quitting, trying to quit, or have relapsed and want to talk about it, click on the map region closest to where you are to find experts who may help with support or advice.
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The Smoking Cessation Directory (2004) details smoking cessation services delivered in New Zealand, funded by the Ministry of Health.
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This site provides information and support for school boards of trustees, principals, teachers and parents. It offers advice on the development of policy and how to enhance a school’s smokefree status. Useful facts on youth smoking are detailed, as well as a variety of resources to assist schools on becoming and staying smokefree.
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This is a fun, vibrant, kids’ site discouraging smoking. It includes competitions, games, puzzles, smokefree info for kids, parents and teachers, how to quit, Lungfish Challenge, and much more. Kids up to 15 can create a smokefree rap, song, magazine ad or video. There are smokefree celebrity messages and you can join the Lungfish club.
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This section of the Ministry of Health website is designed to help managers of schools/kura and early childhood centres/kohanga reo understand what is required of them under New Zealand’s smokefree legislation and provides information to help them comply.
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Many councils in New Zealand are considering developing smokefree policies to discourage smoking in outdoor areas such as playgrounds and parks used by children and many have already implemented such policies. This website covers New Zealand and international experiences. It provides information for the general public on how to motivate or work with local authorities with the goal of introducing smokefree outdoor areas, and also has information for councils.
Smokefree Resources
The following websites have a mix of downloadable resources and resources that can be purchased. There is further information about resources in the Information for tobacco control professionals section of this website.
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This page of the ASH website contains a number of fact sheets ranging from smoking statistics to information on smoking-related harm.
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This page of the Cancer Society site provides a range of leaflets and posters available to view online or to order in print from regional centres/divisions of the Cancer Society.
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Also available: a range of information sheets on cancer and smoking, health effects, the tobacco industry, second-hand smoke and smoking.
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Here you will find a number of HSC (Health Sponsorship Council) resources for purchase including smokefree clothing, stickers, key rings, and bags.
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This site includes all tobacco control resources produced by the Ministry of Health.
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This page contains a wide variety of PDF documents you can download for free. They cover a range of topics and quitting tips. A number of these resources are available in languages other than English such as Samoan, Tongan, Chinese, Korean and Burmese.
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This page of the Second-hand Smoke website provides links to three site sections containing a number of resources under the headings: Smokefree Cars, Smokefree Workplaces and Smokefree Homes. Some resources are able to be purchased, and others are free to order or download online.
Auahi Kore
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This site includes a wide range of Auahi Kore branded resources and merchandise, some available for purchase and others, such as calendars, wall planners and matariki posters, available free to order.
Tobacco Industry
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This page gives an overview of NZ tobacco companies, brands, company profits, websites and head offices.
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Information on how you can get involved in banning the retail display of tobacco products, which expose children to cigarettes. Join the “out of sight out of mind” campaign – working to ban retail displays.
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This website is aimed at rallying Māori support to resist the pressure to smoke and the influence of the tobacco industry.
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This page contains a short set of facts about tobacco use in New Zealand, but there are also links to more specific topics such as the tobacco product returns filed by tobacco manufacturers and importers since 2004.
· This page contains a short general history of tobacco use in New Zealand from the pre-1900s to today.
