In year six, I would’ve been around the age of 12. My friend had a sleep over at her grandmother’s place, at the back of the house there was a plant (I can’t remember the name of the plant) but if you ripped out the stems and lit them up, you can inhale and exhale […]
When I was about nine or ten years old, my older sister used to smoke. She was too scared to smoke in front of my mum even though she was over the age of 18; this was because my sister suffered bad asthma as a kid and didn’t want a lecture from mum about smoking. […]
Introducing the No Smokes Guest Blogger for September…. Sekur Clayton Sekur is a 19-year-old Aboriginal woman from Darwin, who now lives in Canberra where she works for the the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations on a program that helps people in remote communities to get jobs. Sekur comes from a big family, and […]
We all know what a big influence our parents have on our behaviour. If you’re a dad, think about what your smoking says to your kids. If you’re not ready to quit, try making this Fathers Day a smoke-free day to show that there is a healthy way of living. Together, family and friends can […]
Meditation worked like magic to reduce cigarette cravings for people who weren’t even planning to quit, according to new research. The research participants were recruited to try out meditation, but weren’t told that it would have an impact on their smoking. When they were surveyed a few weeks later about how they were feeling about […]
(The above image is from National Rural Health Alliance ) If you live in a remote or rural part of Australia, you’re more likely to smoke. That’s a fact. You can see from the picture above that only 15% of people in cities are smokers, and in remote areas, more than 25% smoke. In remote Aboriginal communities, the rates […]
Look who made front page news! Catherine Solomon, a Year 11 Student from Adelaide, recently became a media celebrity, after being our Guest Blogger in July 2013! By sharing her personal story of smoking and quitting via the No Smokes Guest Blog , Catherine got the attention of people from all over the country, and became a mini-celebrity along the way. […]
Remember the awesome tour that hip hop artist, Blakboi , did for No Smokes back in May 2013? You know the one… where he performed at Redfern Community Centre , and then also competed in the Indigenous Men’s Surf Titles in Bells Beach. Well, footage from that tour, as well some other great stuff filmed at the surf titles, […]
The best quit tips come from people who have already quit smoking. This quit tip was sent to us by Diane Kerr, a Wurundjeri woman who has been smokefree for two year! Diane says it helped her to delay the time between cigarettes. So if you usually smoke every 2 hours, then try stretching it […]
By quitting smoking I have better chances of having kids, younger looking skin, whiter teeth, cleaner looking fingernails, better breathing and less stress. I am saving up to $120 every two weeks. My money is spent on things I don’t already have, things I really need and fun things; like going out to the cinemas […]
My life now as a non-smoker is good; I no longer feel the need to have a cigarette, my asthma is much better than what it used to be, I have more money in my pockets and I just feel much healthier. Everyday I go to school I watch my classmates walk to and from […]
Myth: Smoking keeps me thin. Fact: Exercise and diet keep you thin, not smoking. Did you know smoking can actually cause cellulite, because it stops the blood flowing in your capillaries and damages the connective tissue? Cigarettes also weaken your skin which can create the ‘orange peel’ look of cellulite. Some people find that they put on […]
Research shows that having a cigarette as soon as you wake means you’re more likely to get cancer. Try and delay that first cigarette of the day by making something delicious for breakfast. How about this delicious egg and avocado toasted sandwich? With THIS to look forward to, why would you need a cigarette in […]
The sooner a person smokes a cigarette after they wake up, the more likely they are to get lung cancer or mouth cancer, according to new research If the first thing you reach for when you wake up is a cigarette – think again! Try delaying that first cigarette of the day. Get up, have […]
Quitting cigarettes was really easy for me. I found it easy because I knew I wasn’t allowed to smoke in front of my mother and father so going home was good for me. By quitting smoking I felt much healthier, my asthma still remains but it is easier to breathe and I hardly get any […]
One of the main reasons I decided to quit smoking is my asthma. I started to get sick almost all the time. I was always coughing, wheezing and my chest felt tight almost all the time. I got sick of waking up early in the morning trying to cough and not being at home I […]
