Friday, 1 January 2021, 6:26 am | Quitline Quitline clinical lead Lyndy Matthews says if we want to help friends and family
achieve their New Year quit smoking resolutions, we may need to change the way we
support them. Almost 26,000 smokers reached out to Quitline for help in the year . More
Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 9:48 am | Quitline It’s now even easier to get help and support from Quitline via text anytime, anywhere.
Texting is a convenient way to communicate and for some makes for an easy first step
when reaching out for help. Anyone can free text to enrol in a quit smoking program, . More
Friday, 1 January 2021, 6:26 am
Quitline clinical lead Lyndy Matthews says if we
want to help friends and family achieve their New Year quit
smoking resolutions, we may need to change the way we
support them.
Almost 26,000 smokers reached
out to Quitline for help in the year ending 30 June 2020.
More than 28% of them were smoke-free after four weeks.
Despite this success, and the work of face-to-face smoking
cessation groups, close to half a million people still smoke
every day in New Zealand.
Dr Matthews says the way we
talk to friends or whanau about their smoking can make a
significant difference to whether they feel motivated to
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