Smokefree Supports

Programme Areas

Smoking cessation

Programme Type

Face to face smoking cessation

Regions

Canterbury

Age Groups

Youth / Rangatahi, Adult / Pakeke, Older adult / Kaumātua

Referral Types

Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services

Referral Process

If you or someone you know would like help to stop smoking, go to our website https://www.tehawaitaha.nz/ or phone 0800 425 700 to leave your name and phone number.

Te Hā – Waitaha offers free face-to-face stop smoking supports to anyone in Canterbury.

Once you or your whānau register for support, a Quit Coach will contact you to discuss how we can help.

This is the beginning of our journey together.

Description

Te Hā - Waitaha Smokefree Support offers free face-to-face support for all people in Canterbury who want to be smokefree.  

Our Quit Coaches are based in several services across Canterbury. These include He Waka Tapu (Wainoni), Te Puawaitanga (Hornby), Purapura Whetu (central city), Tangata Atumotu Trust (Central city), Waitaha Primary Health (Rural) and Community and Public Health (central city).

Quit Coaches are mobile and are able to work with a lot of people in many different settings - clinics, work places, at home.  

The journey will include: 

• discussing the different stop smoking methods available to you (including access to free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) - patches, gum and lozenges)
• creating an individualised plan
• supports working towards your first smokefree day 
• identifying the triggers that keep us smoking and working out strategies to beating them
• supports with understanding how to use different stop smoking products to managing the recovery symptoms and reducing the urges.

A team of passionate and trained specialist practitioners in smokefree are ready to work with and support you.

We understand that everyone’s journey to becoming smokefree is different.