AUAHI KORE: SMOKEFREE Nga mihi mahana ki a koutou / Warm greetings to you all Welcome to the Auahi Kore:  Smokefree page where I will provide you with information about smokefree services, events and support pathways that are available to reinforce your quit experience and journey.  Ko wai au? / Who am I? My name is Sue Thompson and I am the Smoking Cessation Coordinator at the Wairoa PHO.  I am also a registered Quit Card Provider which means that I can discuss nicotine replacement therapy options that are available to help you become auahi kore smokefree, as well as strategies that you can use to help your quit attempt.  By the time November 2010 comes around I will have been auahi kore for three years, how good does it feel to be Maori, wahine and auahi kore?  ABSOLUTELY AWESOME that's how!! The following options are available to help you become auahi kore smokefree:  Quitline (0800 778 778 or www.quit.org.nz) which is a national telephone helpline that provides advice, support and subsidised nicotine patches and gum Rangahau / Research I am interested in having a korero to people that were former smokers and who continue to maintain their smoke free status - ka mau te wehi / awesome, let's celebrate our successes!! My contact details are: Sue Thompson Smoking Cessation Coordinator Wairoa Primary HealthCare Organisation 14 Locke Street WAIROA PH 06 838 8317 Ph:  027 253 1025 Fax: 06 838 8326 Email:  sue@wairoapho.co.nz

                                     
                                                 

                                                             

  Don't smoke around your tamariki/kids (there is support available within your community to assist you to become smokefree, contact the Wairoa PHO Ph: 838 8317 for information)

  Never give or buy your tamariki/kids cigarettes

  Make your home and car smokefree zones

  Talk to your tamariki/kids about how bad smoking is

  By packing your tamariki/kids lunch you will reduce the chance that they may buy cigarettes with lunch money

  Put in place a support network with your whanau/family and friends to increase the success of keeping your tamariki/children smokefree