Supporting diversity and inclusion

Addiction doesn’t discriminate. Support for quitting should therefore be appropriate for each individual quit journey.

People from different cultures can experience nicotine addiction in unique ways. You may smoke different types of tobacco, like shisha or bidis. These products are dangerous and addictive just like cigarettes.

In some communities, smoking is closely linked with cultural activities, such as gift giving and socialising. These differences can make quitting difficult.

Quit has resources such as websites in a range of languages to support people from different cultural backgrounds.

A telephone interpreter service can be used by non-English speaking Quitline callers. Smoking rates among Aboriginal people have declined recently. But vaping rates have increased. Smoking is still a major health concern for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Quitline has Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander counsellors who are trained to empower mob to quit smoking and/or vaping.

Smoking and vaping are also a health concern for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and asexual (LGBTIQA+) communities where smoking rates are double the national average . Quit is a culturally safe space, here to empower LGBTIQA+ people to quit smoking and/or vaping.