Media releases

Date

Description

9 Jan 2012Record New Years for Quitline with over 2,400 people Quitting in First Week of 2012
31 Dec 2011Quitline Prepares for Busy New Years as Cigarette Prices Rise
8 Dec 2011Governor-General Becomes first Quitline Patron
3 Nov 2011Quitline releases new publication to help smokers quit
7 June 2011Teenagers Unite to Issue Challenge to Smokers to Quit this Matariki
27 May 2011

Quitline Launches New Online Quit Smoking Tools on World Smokefree Day

5 Apr 2011

More New Zealanders are now free from tobacco thanks to tax increase

15 Mar 2011

Quitline celebrates Government commitment to Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025

4 Feb 2011

Quitline congratulates Ngati Kahungunu Iwi

14 Jan 2011

New Advertising campaign triggers even more calls to Quitline

7 Jan 2011

Smokers who ask for help are more likely to quit

27 Dec 2010

Quitline will make that New Years resolution stick

17 Nov 2010

New research confirms latest tobacco tax increase helped 93% more New Zealanders to quit smoking

3 Nov 2010

Quitline praises Māori Affairs Select Committee

3 Nov 2010

He whakamihi a Te Quitgroup mā te Komiti Take Māori

28 Oct 2010

Quitline welcomes funding of smoking cessation aid

14 June 2010

Quitline offers a challenge for Matariki

14 June 2010

Ko te taki tāpeka a Te Roopu Me Mutu (Te Reo Matariki release)

18 May 2010

Quitline urges Māori Affairs Select Committee: Keep your foot on the throttle!

29 April 2010

Quitline takes record number of calls as tobacco tax increase hits home

28 April 2010

Quitline prepares for influx as tobacco tax increase signalled

28 April 2010

Kei te takatā Quitline mā te tomonga tāngata akuanei kua whakawahangia he tāke tāpeka

1 April 2010

Ministry announces latest smoking figures - Quitline's response

31 March 2010

Proposed ban on tobacco displays - Quitline's response

10 March 2010

Quitline chief applauds innovative Hawke's Bay initiative

1 Feb 2010

Asian Smoking Rates

28 Jan 2010

Goodbye to Angela's ashes

28 Jan 2010

NZ Quitline's worldwide reputation confirmed as Thai experts pay tribute

31 Dec 2009

Quitting is for life... not just for New Year's!

21 Dec 2009

Cold turkey at Christmas? Not if you quit smoking with the Quitline!

15 Sep 2009

Cold turkey- cold comfort for some?

15 Sep 2009

Quitline Evaluation 2009 - General media release

24 July 2009

Quitline Evaluation 2009 - General media release

24 July 2009

Quitline Evaluation 2009 - Maori-focussed media release

July 2009

Quitline Evaluation 2009 - Information for journalists

22 June 2009

Pregnancy Campaign - June 2009

29 May 2009

Quitline welcomes Minister's views on tobacco control

27 May 2009

ACC director to take the reigns at Quitline

28 July 2008

Quitline Client Registrations Media Release

Quitline Client Registrations By DHB

31 May 2008

World Smoke Free Day

31 January 2008

New support for quitting smoking

3 July 2006

Reality TV Health Campaign

23 June 2006

More Maori quit smoking

23 June 2006

More smokers ring the Quitline

10 June 2006

Graphic warnings will encourage smokers to quit