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Aug 6, 2025How to quitSmoking

Ready to quit menthol cigarettes? Three tips to help get you started.

Cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco with added flavours, such as menthol, rum and cloves, can no longer be sold in Australia. While this means a change for people who use flavoured tobacco, it’s also a great time to think about quitting smoking.

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May 8, 2025How to quitStaying quitSmokingVaping

What is nicotine withdrawal?

When you stop smoking, vaping, or both, your body craves nicotine. In the first few days and weeks after stopping, you will likely have some feelings of nicotine withdrawal. It's easier to deal with nicotine withdrawal when you know what to expect.

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Jul 10, 2025How to quitSmokingVaping

Quit è un servizio che offre supporto per smettere di fumare o svapare

Smettere di fumare è una delle scelte più importanti che puoi fare, non solo per la tua salute, ma anche per le persone a cui vuoi bene. Può essere una sfida, ma il pensiero di poter esserci nei momenti speciali con i tuoi cari può darti la forza di smettere. Non è facile, ma ci sono così tanti motivi per non arrendersi. Qualunque sia la tua motivazione, ogni piccolo progresso ti avvicina all’obiettivo di abbandonare definitivamente il fumo.

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Jan 1, 2024Vaping

Vaping Facts FAQs

Commonly asked questions about e-cigarettes and vaping, and references to data sources used on this website.

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Apr 7, 2025How to quitStaying quitSmokingVaping

About the ACT Quitline (13 7848)

Quitline (13 7848) is a confidential, evidence-based telephone counselling service. The ACT Quitline operates Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm AEST.

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Feb 1, 2024Why quitSmoking

The truth about rollies

Rollie (roll-your-own) tobacco may seem more natural and fresh, but over 10% of a rollie pouch is chemical additives. In fact, rollie tobacco contains at least as many additives by weight as the tobacco in tailor-made cigarettes. Some of these additives make the toxic smoke feel less harmful than it really is and can cause further damage to your body.

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Jul 2, 2025Helping othersVapingSmoking

Helping people in LGBTIQA+ communities to quit

Smoking rates in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQA+) communities are about double the national average? Quit is a culturally safe space, here to empower people in the LGBTIQA+ community who smoke to quit. Quitline counsellors can also support you to quit vaping, or support you if you're using vapes to quit smoking.

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Feb 1, 2024Staying quitSmokingVaping

How Quitline can help you get back on track

Quitline counsellors can support you to turn your quitting story into a quit-for-good story.

Infographic on how nicotine binds to receptors to the brain, releasing dopamine

Dec 13, 2024How to quitSmoking

Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT): frequently asked questions

Evidence has shown that using NRT along with support from a service like Quitline can be effective in helping people to stop smoking. Watch the video and read below to learn more about the different types of NRT: nicotine patches, gum, mouth spray and lozenges. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting NRT, so they can help you work out what will suit you best.

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Jul 17, 2024Helping othersSmokingVaping

Supporting LGBTIQA+ communities to become smokefree

Quit worked with LGBTIQA+ organisations, including Thorne Harbour Health, Minus 18 and Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) to raise awareness of high smoking rates in the LGBTIQA+ community.

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Oct 20, 2025Why quitSmoking

Tobacco products FAQs

Although there are many types of tobacco products available with a range of different tobaccos and chemical additives, there are none that are known to be less harmful.

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Oct 24, 2025Helping othersVaping

Practical tips on talking to a teen about vaping

The key message is that despite what it looks like in school bathrooms or on social media, most young people do not vape.