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Quit SA Programs
To achieve our goal of A society free from the harm caused by tobacco, Quit SA operates four main program areas: 1. Quitline and Quit onQ
2. Mass media campaigns 3. Increasing health worker involvement in cessation 7. Tobacco & Mental Illness Project
Strategies within each program area are developed based on the principles of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and the best available evidence of what is effective. They are adapted to meet the needs of diverse groups and settings and deliver key components of the national and state strategic plans for comprehensive tobacco control. Quit SA is well known in the community and is the most frequently nominated source of help to smokers in quitting. Health Omnibus 2010 results show 84.6% (unprompted) nominated Quitline/Quit SA campaign as a service to help smokers quit, compared to 32.7% for Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).
(TCRE. Key smoking statistics for SA-2010. Adelaide. Australia: Tobacco Control Research and Evaluation, Cancer Council SA, March 2011) Quitline 13 7848 (13 QUIT) Most people who smoke want to quit and many have tried several times but have struggled to stay quit. The Quitline telephone counselling services can double the success rate for smokers who are ready to quit.
Quitline counsellors are experienced and professionally trained to provide effective support to people working through their quitting journey. While most callers choose to register for the callback program, people can also ring to just chat about their quitting and to clarify any questions they might have. Evaluations of the service have found that over 90% of callers were very satisfied with the service and would recommend it to their family and friends. The service is confidential and can be accessed for the cost of a local call.
What is the Quitline?
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 How can the Quitline help?
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 Quitting in the workplace We support quitting activity in the community by providing Quit courses and motivational talks in community settings and workplaces. We provide support and assistance for quitting activity and smoke-free policies in the workplace. Click here for more details.
Quit onQ Quit onQ is a free, interactive SMS support program to help keep you focussed on your quit attempt. The program sends you text messages each day to help you through the process of quitting smoking. Mass media campaigns
Media commercials used in the past and in the present play an important part in:
Intensive media campaigns are implemented at New Year and World No Tobacco Day (May 31) to encourage smokers to quit, and to seek help from the Quitline 13 7848. All media is bought according to the ‘smokers’ profile - 18 to 40 with a blue collar skew. Coordinated television, radio and print media maximise exposure to quitting messages. Targeted media placement, such as in language newspapers and ethnic radio, can tailor media messages to particular community groups.
Every time a television commercial is aired, People ring the Quitline 13 7848
Click here for more information about our campaigns and media releases. Smoking related issues are topical. New scientific research, overseas legal battles, compensation for smoking related illness, new legislation for smoke-free areas all generate interest from media outlets and the public.
Mass Media Campaign enquiries: Increasing Health Worker Involvement in Cessation Encouraging and training health professionals to assist in smoking cessation When health professionals see smokers, a window of opportunity exists to make quitting a priority. If all smokers seen are routinely identified, asked about their smoking, referred to the Quitline and followed up, more quitting activity will be generated. We encourage health professional groups and organisations to make smoking cessation a priority activity in their discipline. We provide training (Quitskills workshops), support and resources to enable health professionals in a variety of settings, including tertiary institutions, to assist smokers who want to quit.
Contact:
Cessation Services Project Officers
08 8291 4141
We promote smoke-free environments for the whole community, including where young people meet. The Tackling Tobacco in Community Services project aims to support more disadvantaged people who smoke to engage in the quitting process. The links between smoking and disadvantage are powerful and research shows that smoking intensifies and entrenches disadvantage.[i] When people live in adverse circumstances and are disadvantaged through low income, disability, mental illness, unemployment, sole parenting, incarceration, they find it more difficult to quit smoking because life is simply tougher, smoking is more normalised and they have less support and resources to quit. ph 08 8291 4141 Tobacco & Mental Illness Project |
