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Support to quit smoking or vaping
The healthiest decision for people who smoke or vape is to quit.
| Talk to your doctor | Talk to your doctor or other trusted health professional who knows your health history. They can help you manage challenges with quitting cigarettes or vapes, and remain smoke-free. Support may include access to stop smoking medications if needed. |
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| Healthdirect Service Finder | A national directory of health professionals and services. |
| NSW Quitline 13 78 48 (13 QUIT) |
Did you know? Professional support greatly increases the chance of successful quitting. Contact NSW Quitline to receive a Quit Kit and free, confidential help from trained counsellors. |
| Nicotine Replacement Therapy | Nicotine Replacement Therapy can help reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms and cravings. It works by releasing a lower dose of nicotine compared to cigarettes and vapes. |
Support services and factsheets
| NSW Health vaping support services | NSW Health support services, including mental health and other drug services and resources. |
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| Vaping – quit support factsheet | Information for young people on nicotine addiction and practical tips and support to quit vaping. |
| iCanQuit – reasons to quit and Benefits of quitting smoking factsheet | Discover the benefits of quitting smoking. |
| Getting ready to quit smoking factsheet | Information and suggestions to help prepare you for quitting smoking. |
| Myths about smoking and quitting factsheet | Discover 10 common myths about smoking and quitting. |
| Nicotine dependence and withdrawal factsheet | Knowing if you are dependent on nicotine and knowing about the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal can help you to manage better while quitting. |
| Smoking and pregnancy factsheet | Learn how you can help a new mum quit smoking. |
| Passive smoking and pregnancy factsheet | Learn how to protect your baby from passive smoking. |
Quit support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
| NSW Aboriginal Quitline 13 78 48 (13 QUIT) |
The NSW Aboriginal Quitline is a culturally sensitive, free and confidential phone service providing customised assistance to help you stop smoking. Call 13 78 48 (13 QUIT) and ask to speak to an Aboriginal advisor. |
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| Aboriginal culturally specific resources | Information booklets for Aboriginal people who are thinking about quitting smoking, ready to quit smoking and how to stay a non-smoker. |
Multilingual quit support
| NSW Quitline 13 78 48 (13 QUIT) |
The NSW Quitline has trained counsellors who speak Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin and Vietnamese. |
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| iCanQuit | iCanQuit offers helpful tips, videos, tools and Quit Kits in simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese and Arabic. |
Quit support apps
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A free app that helps you get, and stay, smoke-free and vape-free. It provides helpful tips to overcome cravings and tracking systems to chart your progress. My QuitBuddy gives you the facts you need to understand the impacts smoking and vaping have on your health. This app is recommended by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. Get the app (free): |
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An in-app quit smoking program utilising innovations in psychology and behavioural science to help remove your mental addiction and make you smoke-free. Get the app (free up-front, in-app purchase): |
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QuitTracker: Stop Smoking 
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QuitTracker helps you track how much time you've spent without cigarettes and shows you how much money you can save by stopping smoking. Get the app (free up-front, in-app purchase): |
Using nicotine vaping products to quit smoking
Nicotine vaping products are not the first line approach to quit smoking. You and your doctor might discuss whether vaping products could help you if other approved methods to stop smoking have not worked. Until 30 September 2024, you need a valid prescription to legally obtain vaping products as part of a stop smoking treatment plan. For more information visit vape facts.