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The positive health benefits of quitting kick in immediately:
- Within 2 hours, the nicotine is out of your system. The by-products may take a few days to leave your body.
- Within 6 hours, your heartbeat slows to normal and your blood pressure goes down.
- Within 24 hours, the carbon monoxide is out of your system and your lungs work better.
- Within 2 days, your taste buds come alive and your sense of smell returns.
- Within weeks, the phlegm, which has built up in your lungs, starts to loosen and you cough it up.
- Within 2 months, the blood flow improves to your hands and feet.
- After 12 months, your risk of sudden death from heart attack is almost half that of smokers.
- After 5 years, the risk is almost the same as for non-smokers.
 Aukati Kaipaipa in our coverage area is a kaupapa Māori service for Māori women and their whanau. This service is provided by Community and Public Health within our coverage area and provides:
- Free Nicotine Replacement Therapy (patches, gum and lozenges)
- Access to a Cessation Practitioner
- An eight-week intensive programme and 12 months ongoing support
- Individual quit-smoking plans
- Referral to other services
Every attempt to quit brings you closer to your ultimate goal of being Smokefree/Auahi Kore.
Documents
Downloads
Order copies from the Community Health Information Centre.
Links
Aukati Kaipaipa (Canterbury, South Canterbury and West Coast)
National Aukati Kaipaipa Providers
Quit Group
Te Reo Marama Maori Smokefree Coalition
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For further information please contact:
Aukati Kaipaipa
0800 4 AKP 00 (0800 425 700)
QuitLine
0800 778 778
PEGS
Smokechange Christchurch
03 379 9947
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