Tag: Tackling Tobacco

Go smoke free for your health, your family, and the environment

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There’s no better time than World No Tobacco Day (May 31) to go smoke free. Read for tips to quit smoking.

Using a carbon monoxide monitor to motivate clients to tackle tobacco

Billabong Clubhouse decided to purchase a carbon monoxide monitor (Smokerlyzer) to help their members quit smoking.

How collecting smoking-related data supported The Buttery to address tobacco use

The Buttery updated its existing data collection system by developing a Tackling Tobacco form. Read more.

Supporting people recovering from alcohol and drugs to quit smoking

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Lives Lived Well partnered with Tackling Tobacco to support their clients recovering from alcohol and drugs to quit smoking.

Volunteers making a difference in Tackling Tobacco at Belmont Neighbourhood Centre

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Belmont Neighbourhood Centre successfully completed the Tackling Tobacco training program in late 2019.

Lockdown forcing families to second-hand smoke

Young family sitting on the couch at home.

We urge people to quit smoking this lockdown, not only for your mental and physical health, but for that of your neighbours.   

How Tackling Tobacco training empowered Yes Unlimited to address smoking

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Yes Unlimited joined the Tackling Tobacco program to increase their organisation’s capacity to address smoking.

Increasing access to Nicotine Replacement Therapy for consumers at Neami National Lidcombe

Our Tackling Tobacco program is equipping community groups to help consumers with mental illness quit smoking.

Tackling tobacco use among people living with mental illness

Tackling Tobacco provides training and tools to community organisations that help people with mental illness quit smoking.

Addressing the over-supply of tobacco: How tobacco retail reform is essential to drive smoking rates down further

When I was just 6 years old, my Grandfather passed away after many years of suffering with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, caused by smoking.  My very few memories of him were of him bed ridden, requiring the support of an oxygen machine to breathe for years on end. I barely knew my Grandfather, and sadly […]