Stop Smoking Service — Nelson Marlborough
Smoking tobacco is a major risk factor for lung disease, heart disease and cancer, and a leading cause of death. The Stop Smoking Service provides free, confidential, one-on-one support from a quit coach to anyone in the Nelson Marlborough region who smokes.
Contact us
Start your journey towards being smokefree today:
- Stop Smoking Service referral form (internal link)
- freephone: 0800 667 665 (0800 NO SMOKE)
- email: smokefree@nmdhb.govt.nz
Where to find us
Our service covers:
- Tākaka
- Motueka
- Richmond
- Nelson
- Blenheim
- Murchison
- St Arnaud.
Services we provide
- one-on-one support with your own quit coach
- home visits, workplace support and community clinics
- nicotine replacement therapy
- information about other quit-smoking products and services.
This free programme is available to anyone in the Nelson Marlborough region who smokes. We know that quitting is hard — this service is designed to give you the best chance of quitting and staying smokefree.
Deciding to stop smoking is one of the best things you can do for you and your pēpi. Our quit coaches are here to help you achieve a smokefree pregnancy and a smokefree house for you and your whānau. Our Pēpi First programme comes with vouchers to reward your progress towards being smokefree. If you are pregnant and want to become vapefree, you are also eligible for our Pēpi First programme.
Vaping is not for non-smokers, but it has the potential to help smokers quit. As part of the Stop Smoking Service, we can support you with vaping to quit, as well as quitting vaping. We aim to provide support to suit your particular needs. Support available will be looked at on a case-by-case basis.
Te Piki Oranga's free stop-smoking service is available to anyone in the Te Tauihu region. Te Hā means 'the breath' and relates to the tikanga of the hongi where te hā (the breath of life) is exchanged between two.
Our Smokefree team works with local schools to help provide information on youth vaping and ways schools can support the vapefree and smokefree kaupapa.
The Smokefree team has put together a resource for school staff, parents and students. It includes content from Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora and partner agencies across Aotearoa New Zealand.
The resource includes:
- the current landscape — vaping and rangatahi
- key messages and tips for parents, schools and youth
- laws, regulations, policies and enforcement at schools
- supporting students and school staff
- support and tips for parents
- education on vaping.
Let's Clear the Air Smokefree and Vapefree resource — Smokefree (external link)
Our group programmes run by quit coaches give you and your team the opportunity to support each other to quit smoking together. Programmes run for 7 weeks with sessions lasting between 1 and 1.5 hours and are designed to:
- give you the best chance of quitting and staying smokefree
- help you to cut back your tobacco or vape consumption
- work with you to set a quit date.
We do this by providing:
- intensive motivational group or one-to-one support
- nicotine replacement therapy products
- information about other quit-smoking products
- workplace and peer support.
Note that workplace and group quit programmes run subject to quit coach capacity and participant numbers.
Referral information
You can be referred for our services by your healthcare provider or refer yourself by completing our form. You can also register for our workplace and group quit programmes by using the form.
Stop Smoking Service referral form (internal link)
Enrol for Te Hā services through the Te Piki Oranga website.