Generate O2 Youth project

       

The Generate O2 Youth Project aims to promote smoking cessation and reduce the uptake of smoking amongst young people aged 15-29 years in the out of school setting, especially in the transition period between the end of schooling and adult workforce participation. This project aims to achieve these goals through collaboration with youth services and organisations and by involving young people in advocacy for tobacco control.

 

Skilled Smoke-Out!

This project offers Skilled Smoke-Out training to health workers and peer support workers working with young people. The training will provide you with the knowledge and skills to integrate smoking prevention and cessation into your current practice and programs. The Skilled Smoke-Out package includes a training workshop and resource kit and is offered free of charge to those who work with young people in out of school settings.

 

kickit.org.au

South Australia’s younger smokers can benefit from an Australian first initiative to specifically help 15 to 29 year olds kick the habit before it becomes ingrained. Kick It includes a youth-specific web page, booklet and promotional materials to help intervene at a stage when health behaviours are often initiated.

• The web page provides youth friendly ideas for engaging young smokers through:
  
  blogs
  online polls
  a smoking cost calculator and
  the chance to share stories and Kick It tips.

 

• Those participating online can also:
  
  ask questions of our Quitline counsellors
  register for a call from Quitline
  receive a free Quit pack
  download what resources they want, when they want them and
  link with QuitSA’s national first Quit onQ interactive text messaging service.
  
  All these initiatives aim to increase engagement with young people.

Quit SA also run Quitskills, Quit SA’s foremost training program, which is a competency based, nationally recognised program on smoking cessation.  Quit SA has partnered with TafeSA to deliver a comprehensive one day, skills based program directly to health and community services workers.  Quit SA can tailor quitskills to suit your setting.  Click here for more information.

 

View the website at www.kickit.org.au.

 

For more information on the Generate O2 Youth Project, to organise a workshop for your organisation and for more information on Kick It feel free to contact Quit SA.
 

Contact:

08 8291 4141

08 8291 4194 

quitsa@quitsa.org.au

 

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