NSW/ACT Quitline

Quitline is a telephone-based support service for people who want to quit smoking

Monday to Friday 7.00am – 10.30pm, Saturday and Sunday 9.00am – 5.00pm, Public Holidays 9.00am – 5.00pm

13 78 48

NSW/ACT Quitline

For the cost of a local call (except from mobiles), professional Quitline advisors provide encouragement and support to help you cut down, quit smoking or stay quit. Quitline also offers multilingual services.

Call Quitline to:

  • Request a free quit kit
  • Talk to the specially trained telephone advisors
  • Take part in the free callback service, where advisors ring back to support you while you are quitting

Advisors can:

  • Give you information and advice about quitting smoking
  • Help you assess your level of nicotine dependence
  • Provide strategies on preparing to quit and staying quit
  • Provide information on products and services to help you quit
  • Encourage and support you in your quit attempts
  • Assist you to work with lapses or relapse

Call 13 7848 (13 QUIT) Monday to Friday 7.00am – 10.30pm, Saturday and Sunday 9.00am – 5.00pm and Public Holidays 9.00am – 5.00pm​. 

Outside these hours you can leave a message with your name and contact phone number and a Quitline Advisor will call you back.

Calls from landlines and mobile phones are the cost of a standard call. 

Support to quit

Callers can phone the following numbers to speak with a Quitline Advisor in their own language or to leave a message to be called back in their own language. Message instructions are given in the appropriate language.

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