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Smoke Free Service | Waitematā | Te Whatu Ora
Public Service, Community, Mental Health & Addictions
Today
8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
Description
Formerly Waitematā DHB Smoke Free Service
Staff
Bede Skinner: Team Leader
Jenny Saxony: Health Promotion Practitioner for Smokefree
Miktam Chan: Health Promotion Practitioner for Smokefree
Tatupu Siafausa: Health Promotion Practitioner for Smokefree
Jenna Warrender: Health Promotion Practitioner for Smokefree
Maggie Reihana-Finau: Health Promotion Practitioner for Smokefree
Shannon Raubenheimer: Health Promotion Practitioner for Smokefree
Dunya Wardak: NGO Mental Health Smokefree Coordinator
Caitlin Pascoe: Mental Health and Addiction Smokefree Coordinator
Referral Expectations
Help to stop smoking
Ask any staff member who has been involved in your care to refer you or you are very welcome to contact us yourself by phone or email.
Fees and Charges Categorisation
Free
Hours
8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
| Mon – Fri | 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM |
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Languages Spoken
English
Services
Ready Steady Quit: 0800 500 601 or email: info@readysteadyquit.org.nz The service is available in the Waitematā district delivered collaboratively by ProCare and The Fono. Primarily their focus is to support Maori, Pacific and pregnant women who smoke but they will also help all smokers who have decided to stop smoking and set a quit date. Service includes home visits, group or one to one support and free NRT. Quitline: 0800 778 778 The Quit Group offer a free telephone support line, and also provide NRT. They have a website where you can find out more about the other services they offer, like Maori and Pacific advisors, Text2Quit and their online message board service. www.quit.org.nz Asian Smokefree Communities: 0508quitnow (0508 784 866) or email Free, successful, quit smoking service supporting Asian people and their families who reside in the Waitematā district to become smokefree. The service includes free home visits, phone/email/text support and subsidised NRT. Coordinators speak English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean (interpreters for other languages are also available).
Ready Steady Quit: 0800 500 601 or email: info@readysteadyquit.org.nz The service is available in the Waitematā district delivered collaboratively by ProCare and The Fono. Primarily their focus is to support Maori, Pacific and pregnant women who smoke but they will also help all smokers who have decided to stop smoking and set a quit date. Service includes home visits, group or one to one support and free NRT. Quitline: 0800 778 778 The Quit Group offer a free telephone support line, and also provide NRT. They have a website where you can find out more about the other services they offer, like Maori and Pacific advisors, Text2Quit and their online message board service. www.quit.org.nz Asian Smokefree Communities: 0508quitnow (0508 784 866) or email Free, successful, quit smoking service supporting Asian people and their families who reside in the Waitematā district to become smokefree. The service includes free home visits, phone/email/text support and subsidised NRT. Coordinators speak English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean (interpreters for other languages are also available).
Ready Steady Quit: 0800 500 601 or email: info@readysteadyquit.org.nz
The service is available in the Waitematā district delivered collaboratively by ProCare and The Fono. Primarily their focus is to support Maori, Pacific and pregnant women who smoke but they will also help all smokers who have decided to stop smoking and set a quit date. Service includes home visits, group or one to one support and free NRT.
Quitline: 0800 778 778
The Quit Group offer a free telephone support line, and also provide NRT. They have a website where you can find out more about the other services they offer, like Maori and Pacific advisors, Text2Quit and their online message board service. www.quit.org.nz
Asian Smokefree Communities: 0508quitnow (0508 784 866) or email Free, successful, quit smoking service supporting Asian people and their families who reside in the Waitematā district to become smokefree. The service includes free home visits, phone/email/text support and subsidised NRT. Coordinators speak English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean (interpreters for other languages are also available).
A Pasifika focused primary care health service that offers free smoking cessation support in one-on-one or group support to help you succeed. They can meet you at a location of your choice, support you in a range of Pacific languages and work out the best incentives to ensure your success.
A Pasifika focused primary care health service that offers free smoking cessation support in one-on-one or group support to help you succeed. They can meet you at a location of your choice, support you in a range of Pacific languages and work out the best incentives to ensure your success.
Programmes
We understand not everyone who comes to hospital wants to give up smoking. We'd like to support you as much as possible while you're in hospital, and help you manage cravings to smoke. Ask any of our nurses or doctors if you would like to use nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to help deal with nicotine withdrawal. Trying patches, gum or lozenges while you're in hospital does not mean you have to commit to anything after you leave. We have a duty to provide a safe and healthy environment to all our patients, visitors and staff. Whether you would like support to manage nicotine withdrawal or not, we ask you to respect our non-smoking policy while you are in the hospital and grounds. If a hospital stay has got you thinking about ways to get healthy, including cutting out tobacco, we can organise a referral to a community based smokefree service. You don't need to wait for us to refer you though, you can contact the services (see above) at any time.
We understand not everyone who comes to hospital wants to give up smoking. We'd like to support you as much as possible while you're in hospital, and help you manage cravings to smoke. Ask any of our nurses or doctors if you would like to use nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to help deal with nicotine withdrawal. Trying patches, gum or lozenges while you're in hospital does not mean you have to commit to anything after you leave. We have a duty to provide a safe and healthy environment to all our patients, visitors and staff. Whether you would like support to manage nicotine withdrawal or not, we ask you to respect our non-smoking policy while you are in the hospital and grounds. If a hospital stay has got you thinking about ways to get healthy, including cutting out tobacco, we can organise a referral to a community based smokefree service. You don't need to wait for us to refer you though, you can contact the services (see above) at any time.
- Programme Areas
Smoking cessation
- Programme Type
Face to face smoking cessation
- Regions
North Auckland, West Auckland
- Age Groups
Adult / Pakeke
- Referral Types
DHB clinical services
Referral Process
Ask any staff member who has been involved in your care to refer you or you are very welcome to contact us yourself by phone or email.
Description
We understand not everyone who comes to hospital wants to give up smoking. We'd like to support you as much as possible while you're in hospital, and help you manage cravings to smoke. Ask any of our nurses or doctors if you would like to use nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to help deal with nicotine withdrawal. Trying patches, gum or lozenges while you're in hospital does not mean you have to commit to anything after you leave.
We have a duty to provide a safe and healthy environment to all our patients, visitors and staff. Whether you would like support to manage nicotine withdrawal or not, we ask you to respect our non-smoking policy while you are in the hospital and grounds.
If a hospital stay has got you thinking about ways to get healthy, including cutting out tobacco, we can organise a referral to a community based smokefree service. You don't need to wait for us to refer you though, you can contact the services (see above) at any time.
Website
Contact Details
North Shore Hospital
North Auckland
8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
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Phone
(09) 486 8962
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Mobile
021 243 2146
Email
Website
Waitakere Hospital
West Auckland
8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
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Phone
(09) 486 8962
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Mobile
021 243 2146
Email
Website
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This page was last updated at 2:06PM on November 24, 2023. This information is reviewed and edited by Smoke Free Service | Waitematā | Te Whatu Ora.