Communities & places

These include community health and social support services, education settings, local councils, community groups and clubs, workplaces and peak bodies.

Professionals working across these settings have played a significant role in promotion of healthier smoke and vape-free environments.

Quit values these collective efforts and works in partnership to help individuals and communities make better choices for their health.

Smoking and vaping use varies significantly across communities and geographical areas. Age, gender, Aboriginality, sexual orientation, ethnicity and race, disability and occupation also play a role and can lead to inequities in health, and access to information and services. Working in tailored ways that respond to inequity is important to meet the experiences and needs of our communities.

Building health literacy through prevention education and public campaigns is key to increasing people’s awareness of tobacco and vaping harms and help-seeking behaviours.

Research consistently shows that most people that smoke or vape want to quit. Many people can feel overwhelmed at the prospect of quitting, but with the right information and support quitting is possible, as is preventing uptake.

Evidence-based tools and resources are available for community-based professionals to access and share with the people and communities they are supporting.

Tools and training are available to help develop, implement and evaluate community-level initiatives to reduce the harms from smoking and vaping.

Explore the following:

• sharable quitting resources and tools

• in-language cessation information and resources for people who speak a language other than English

• information and resources created specifically for professionals working within education and community health settings

• guidance on creating vape and smoke-free workplaces, sporting clubs and other community spaces

• professional development toolkits, frameworks, webinars and research evidence.