We all have different reasons for quitting smoking or vaping. Discover your reason.
Why quitQuitting is a journey and, with the right plan and support, you can achieve your goal.
How to quitQuitting can take practice. Keep up your quitting journey to break free from smoking or vaping for good.
Staying quitTalking to someone about quitting can be challenging, but with the right information you can help them take positive action for their wellbeing.
Helping othersSpeak directly with a trained quit counsellor. Our team are available to provide confidential and free support, a quit plan tailored just for you, and answer all your questions.
Call 13 7848Access our comprehensive suite of tools and tactics designed to help you quit smoking successfully. From quit plans to cost calculators, find the support you need on your journey to becoming smoke-free.
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They can also support Community who are using vapes to quit the smokes.
To get culturally sensitive support to quit anywhere across Australia, call 13 7848 and ask to speak with a counsellor for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities.
When someone gets counselling through the service, they work with the same counsellor the whole way through the quitting process and we bring our ways and traditions of yarning into the counselling.
We respect Men’s and Women’s Business. If you want to speak to a woman, you can. If you want to speak to a man, you can.
There’s no pressure to do anything you’re not ready to do. It’s all about giving our Communities the support they need to quit smoking or vaping with culture at the centre of everything we do. The counsellors can also support you if you are using vapes to stop smoking and can help you stop vaping.
When you're ready to yarn about quitting and you do call 13 7848, ask to speak with a counsellor for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities. That way we can link you in with the right service from the start.
When you’re ready to yarn about quitting call 13 7848 and ask to speak with a counsellor for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities. That way we can link you in with the right service from the start.
Or, you can fill out the callback form using the button below and a counsellor will call you back at a time that works best for you, usually within a couple of business days.
There are three ways you can get connected:
Call 13 7848 or fill out the callback form using the button below and a counsellor will call you back as soon as possible (usually within 2 business days).
Any Aboriginal health service or even mainstream GP, nurse or health service provider can refer you to Quitline for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities. All you need to do is tell them you'd like a referral. They'll get in touch with the service, and we'll then get in touch with you.
Tackling Indigenous Smoking Teams, or TIS teams, are based all around the country. They are deadly mob in Community who are working locally to create a smoke free and vape free mob. If you’d like to get involved and find out more about their upcoming smoke free and vape free events, or access their deadly resources, click here to find your local TIS team.
The Aboriginal Quitline Facebook page is a place for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community to come together, learn important information and share helpful tips to support each other to live free from smokes or vapes. It's also the place where we update new initiatives and Quit Stories too.
Visit the Aboriginal Quitline Facebook page today.
Answers to questions most frequently asked, like "How do I access medications through Closing the Gap?" and "Why do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Quitline tell mob to drink water while we’re quitting smoking?", and more.
Quit Stories gives mob a space to tell their stories in their own time and words. Visit the AQL - Stories page here.
Speak directly with a trained quit specialist. Our counsellors are available to provide immediate support, personalised quit plans, and answer all your questions.
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Meet counsellor Jamara: I’m a proud Butchulla and Meriam Mir woman. I’m passionate about helping our Community quit, my job is rewarding and I get to speak to a variety of Community members.
