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Fresh Start QUIT Smoking

Fresh Start Quit Smoking Course

Presented by The Cancer Council ACT

We’re all aware that it’s getting harder and harder to smoke; not only because of the legal restrictions, but also because there’s no doubt any longer of the harmful effects on our health, and the health of our loved ones exposed to our smoking.

It’s much easier to quit, and stay quit, if you have the right information and support. At The Cancer Council, we don’t use lasers, promise you’ll quit after one session of 50 minutes, or sell you some other type of expensive snake oil! Those things won’t help, but will only frustrate you more.

What we do offer is a range of support options including face-to-face counselling, the Quitline on 137 848, and seminars and group courses for your workplace. All our programs are evidence based, and have been proven effective by research world wide.

Visit www.actcancer.org for more information.

A trained “Quit Educator” will take you through this experiential six session course with the following syllabus:

• Session One: Understanding smoking and quitting.
• Session Two: Planning to Quit; quitting methods.
• Session Three: Coping without cigarettes physically and emotionally.
• Session Four: Round table discussion of progress; solutions to problems.
• Session Five: Staying stopped in the long and short term.
• Session Six: Enjoying being a non-smoker; review.

Each session will focus on each participant unique challenges to quitting.