Health professionals
Information for your patients
Support to quit
Did you know? Professional support dramatically increases the chances of successfully quitting smoking and vaping by helping people manage associated challenges with quitting and staying quit.
All health professionals are encouraged to refer any patient or client who smokes and/or vapes to the NSW Quitline for quitting support. NSW Quitline provides free confidential support from trained smoking cessation counsellors. Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin and Vietnamese speaking counsellors are available on request.
Make a referral
Health professionals should involve the patient or clients general practitioner if stop smoking medications are needed.
Visit our support to quit smoking or vaping page for more information.
Reports
Cancer Council Victoria
Australian Secondary School Students’ use of Tobacco and E-cigarettes 2022-23 (Updated April 2024)
The Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People
Young People’s Perspectives on Vaping in 2023 (October 2023)
Australian Institute of Family Studies
The Impact of Vaping on Adolescent Mental Health (October 2023)
NSW Health
NSW E-Cigarette Analysis Project: Summary Report (September 2023)
Multilingual resources
Support to quit
Visit our multilingual quit support section for access to helpful tips, videos, tools and services to assist you in quitting smoking or vaping.
Reporting breaches via the translating and interpreting service
In NSW, laws ban the sale of tobacco and e-cigarettes or vapes to minors. NSW Health teams monitor retail premises for compliance with these laws. Those in breach of the law risk fines, product seizures and other penalties.
If you think someone has breached tobacco and e-cigarette laws, you can report a complaint to NSW Health using this online reporting form. Non-English-speaking people can contact the Tobacco Information Line via the Translating and Interpreting Service on 13 14 50 for language support to report breaches to the smoking bans and tobacco retailing laws.
