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Tackling Tobacco Program

We are supporting community services organisations to make a positive impact by helping them address smoking,

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Community services organisations have a strong relationship with the people they support and are often in a great position to support participants to quit smoking and vaping.

The Tackling Tobacco Program equips community service organisations with the resources and skills they need to do this, including:

  • $5,000 grants to provide participants with resources or nicotine replacement therapy medications
  • training for staff or volunteers to build their confidence in providing quit support
  • support in policy review and creating smoke-free environments
  • enabling systems to support participants with quitting smoking or vaping.

Register your community service organisation for the Tackling Tobacco Program

If you are part of a community service organisation that would like to help your participants quit smoking or vaping, register your interest today.

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Since Offenders Aid and Rehabilitation Services (OARS) Community Transitions joined our Tackling Tobacco Program in 2022, their staff have become more confident in offering quit smoking support to their participants. They have also been able to supply participants with free quit-smoking products which their participants have really appreciated.

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"There’s a shift in thinking in regard to addressing a client’s tobacco use – it is no longer put into the ‘too hard box’."

Tricia Oats, General Manager of Client Treatment Services, OARS
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Tackling Tobacco with Offenders Aid and Rehabilitation Services (OARS) Community Transitions

Tackling Tobacco training

Cancer Council SA delivers our training to community services organisations in a range of methods to suit your needs:

eLearning

Provides staff and volunteers with valuable insights and practical tips for supporting participants to quit smoking. The online learning includes three, 20 minute modules:

  • Smoking and your clients: Learn how and why smoking impacts your clients. Discover the health and financial benefits of quitting.
  • Brief interventions: Learn how to talk to your clients about smoking.
  • Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT): Evidence shows that NRT makes it easier to quit smoking. Learn about the different types of NRT and how to use them successfully.

All participants will receive a completion certificate after completing the online training.

In person or online training

An experienced trainer can deliver face-to-face or online training suitable for every member of your organisation – from senior leadership through to case workers and HR.

In person training sessions can host 8-20 attendees and go for two hours.

Refresher training

This refresher training is for organisations who have taken part in Tackling Tobacco training before but need to refresh staff knowledge and skills – usually every one to two years.

Refresher training sessions can be delivered in-person or online.. Each session can be tailored to suit the needs of your organisation.

Talk to our Tackling Tobacco team

You can reach out on 08 8291 4111 or tacklingtobacco@cancersa.org.au to find out more.

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Tackling Tobacco resources for community service organisations

Prevention and early detection resources and fact sheets

Cancer Council provides trustworthy, evidence-based resources and information for the community about cancer prevention and early detection. You can view or download all our resources, or you can speak to one of our experienced cancer prevention team members at prevention@cancersa.org.au about which resources best suit your needs.

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