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Quit Smoking Programme & Counselling | Smokenders
Quit smoking treatment
Smokenders can help you quit smoking for good
Smokenders is developed by former smokers for smokers.
Every one of us has been a smoker — so we know how tough it can be to quit smoking.
In fact, quitting smoking without the proper help can be harder than giving up heroin.

Who We Are

The Smokenders Program was founded in 1969 in the US and came to Australia in 1981. After almost 40 years of operation, Smokenders has helped over 2 million people worldwide and from all walks of life — including 40,000 Australians. Our success rate is unmatched!

All of our instructors and support staff are former smokers and graduates of Smokenders. Each one is selected through an intensive screening process and then participates in a comprehensive training program, which certifies them to lead and assist in the Smokenders program. As former smokers, these professionals have ‘been there’ — they understand and care about what you’re going through. We are not anti-smoking.

Smokenders is developed by former smokers for smokers. Every one of us has been a smoker — so we know how tough it can be to quit smoking. In fact, quitting smoking without the proper help can be harder than giving up heroin. 

Smokenders is a program that’s been proven to deal with every aspect of the smoking habit. We show you how to quit smoking easily and comfortably, with no withdrawals. And best of all, our solution is permanent!

Become part of the oldest, largest and most successful program of its kind globally. We have helped over 2 million people (including over 40,000 Australians) to quit smoking and we can help you too. If you are not ready to stop smoking, that’s fine too — just keep us in mind if you, or someone you know, decides to stop in the future.

Quit smoking
Stop smoking programs

For More Information or to Get Started on Your Journey Today

Contact Us Online or Give Us a Call

Quit Smoking Program Participation

All programs and support mechanisms are run by trained instructors (Moderators) – all of whom have been smokers who quit successfully using our program.

In Australia  Call : 1800-021-000 (free-call), In New Zealand Call: 0800-041-000 (free-call) , International : +61 415 221 000 or email info@smokenders.com.au .

The Smokenders program is available to all smokers throughout Australia and appropriate territories  –  see the Home Quit-Kit.

Now that you are thinking of quitting, let this be a reminder . . . .

Smokenders program does not use any scare tactics at all, as scaring smokers does not help them to quit.

In our proven program smokers must continue to smoke until the 5th weekly session and only then do they stop smoking.

How It Works

Briefly, Smokenders is a practical and hands-on program whereby the smoker identifies and deals with all the issues pertaining to their particular habit — while they are still smoking. This process allows for the participant to keep smoking or ‘patching’ up to the fifth week. During this period the smoker is dealing with all aspects of their habit as well as being weaned off the addictive nicotine drug. After all, who wants to stop smoking, but still crave a cigarette? At Smokenders we also address the Psychological, Emotional and Social aspects of smoking — not just the physical ones. Participants learn various quitting techniques and set specific goals for their ‘cut-off day’. So, when ‘cut-off day’ arrives, they are prepared physically, psychologically and emotionally to stop — for good!

Following cut-off, there are two more weeks for reinforcement. This is an important part of the program, as the smoker needs to be prepared to deal with life issues as a non-smoker. Furthermore, a full long term support network is available.

Finally, it’s important to realise that Smokenders does not require willpower and is not group therapy. The program is presented in a detailed and easy to follow manner. In fact, many participants have commented about how clever and how much fun the program is. Please see some of our testimonials as evidence of how Smokenders really works and the positive impact it has had on people’s lives.

Many TV shows and news reports have highlighted Smokenders technology and achievements.

Quit smoking counselling

The Smokenders Home Quit-Kit

The Smokenders Home Quit-Kit uses the same successful format as our seminars that have helped
over two million smokers kick the habit since Smokenders began in 1969.

What is the Home Quit-Kit and how does it work?

Everyone knows that nicotine is addictive. However, many people do not realise the huge impact that emotional and social issues have on smokers. If people only smoked because of nicotine addiction, then using patches, gums or just trying to cut down would suffice. The fact that people stop smoking and then return to smoking has nothing to do with nicotine. Their lifestyle, their personal stresses and their triggers (e.g. with coffee or a wine) are what gets them back on to smoking. In other words, it is the habit that needs to be effectively addressed, otherwise the smoker will stop and start forever.

Smokenders is proven to deal effectively with both the addiction and the habit. It is a 7-week process whereby the smoker continues to smoke up to the fifth week. Because it is a gradual process, there are no withdrawals and willpower is not required.

Furthermore, Smokenders is not another “quick-fix” approach. Smoking is too complicated to ‘just stop’ because people smoke when stressed, bored, lonely, angry, and a host of other circumstances. And smokers have life triggers to smoke, such as with a coffee/tea or wine/beer; after a meal; when starting the car; when the kids are misbehaving; when there is bad news, or good news; etc. Many people also smoke to avoid eating or are concerned that they will gain weight when they quit. So how can a smoker expect a “quick-fix” to take care of all those life situations? Smokenders is designed to deal with every aspect of a smoker’s habit, so that when people stop smoking with us, they have a sense of achievement, mentally as well as physically. And the tools they will have used can now be directed towards other areas of their life and other new goals.

The Home Quit-Kit has been designed to give smokers the opportunity to undertake the quitting process in the comfort of their home or work, at a time that suits them. The smoker will be completing one session per week for 7 weeks. The kit contains everything necessary for the smoker to quit comfortably, step-by-step, as they progress from smoker to ex-smoker to non-smoker.

The Home Quit-Kit contains:
*  Four CDs & a USB covering all the necessary instruction required
*  A personal Workbook manual, which covers the entire program on a step-by step basis

To view the objectives and an overview of the entire Home Quit-Kit, see below.

There is also a free-call HELP-LINE available should participants ever need assistance with any aspect of the Home Quit-Kit or the quitting process itself. This assistance is also available after the program is completed.

Cost: If you smoke a pack a day, you spend over AUS $7,300 per year. The proven Smokenders Home Quit-Kit costs just AUS $259 (plus postage). This means that the program costs you less than 3 weeks of cigarette money. See cost of smoking.
So now you can stop smoking for good, at a bargain price!

Remember that Smokenders is the only program that deals with all aspects of the smoking habit. It is the only effective program designed by former smokers for smokers. We have all been smokers who quit via the proven Smokenders program.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO COMPARISON . . .
Smokenders is the established world-renowned program that has helped over 2 million smokers (including 40,000 Australians) to stop smoking in a comfortable and relaxed manner, without using hypnosis, acupuncture, pills, quick-fixes or willpower. See testimonials on the site. 

Why put off quitting again . . . ?
Apply now for your own Smokenders Home Quit-Kit and begin your journey towards becoming a non-smoker.

Vaping

Following calls from health bodies and medical professionals, Australia will completely overhaul its laws and regulations surrounding vaping. Announced by federal Health Minister Mark Butler on May 2, he said the crackdown will see recreational vaping outlawed, the importation of non-pharmaceutical vapes outlawed, and tight restrictions on the flavours and packaging of the products.

The chief executive of Victoria Health, Sandro Demaio, stated that there are more than 200 chemicals in every breath from e-cigarettes. Vaping products available from Queensland retailers have been found to contain chemicals including nicotine, arsenic and lead, according to recent studies.
Widely available vape products have also been found to contain toxic heavy metals, carcinogens and nicotine, according to new tests.

People who vape may not realise that they are actually inhaling these chemicals into their lungs.  It also is becoming more evident that once the device contents are finished, they are inhaling LITHIUM vapour which comes from the device’s battery, as well as other toxic substances. 

“From past experience banning vaping, enforcement and policing has no impact,” some experts say. “The black market will just step up.”

A NEW HABIT: Just like cigarettes, people vape when bored, lonely, stressed, excited and during other emotional situations. It is not necessarily due to nicotine craving, as some people vape non-nicotine vapes, like strawberry or bubble-gum flavours.

Many smokers have taken up vaping as a means of stopping smoking. The low success rate there is because people are simply swapping one habit for another.

Then there are people vaping who want to stop altogether. Vaping is a relatively new phenomenon with no proven antidote.

Smokenders is currently looking into using our techniques to help these people. Although treatment of smoking from the perspective of addiction and habituation could also apply to vaping, more studies need to be done to support the efficacy of the Smokenders program to eliminate vaping.

Stop smoking counselling
Stop smoking successfully

Watch these Television Broadcasts

It will do no harm to remind smokers that unless they take action now, serious health problems could occur. For that reason we encourage smokers to look at the videos below and to take action now. Tomorrow could be too late . . . . .

Real Life with Stan Grant

The Today Show with Tracey Grimshaw

A Current Affair with Mike Munro

Let's Get A Life with Belinda Green

The Morning Show with Bert Newton

Methods Of Payment

Send a CHEQUE or MONEY ORDER for AUS $267 to:
Smokenders Australia
P.O. Box 1000
Bondi Junction
NSW   1355
Australia

Include the following information with your payment:
Please send my Home Quit-Kit to me as follows:

Full Name
Postal Address
Post Code
Telephone Number

Transfer AUS $267 from your bank account to:

Smokenders Australia
Westpac Bank
BSB: 032-051
Account: 68-5659

Then send an email to Smokenders info@smokenders.com.au stating the following:-

I have transmitted the fee for the Smokenders Home Quit-Kit to your account BSB: 032-051
Account: 68-5659 (please include transfer date)

Shipping Policy.
On receipt of payment we ship our product to anywhere in the world.

Customer Service Policy.
If there is a delay we shall let the customer know within 7 days

Session 1

  • Instil and boost confidence that quitting smoking is achievable, despite previous setbacks.
  • Create the right frame of mind, commitment and motivation necessary for success.
  • Develop an understanding of the smoking habit so that all levels of the habit can be addressed:  physical, psychological, social, emotional and cultural.
  • Explore reasons for smoking and bust old myths that build up over years of smoking (e.g. “smoking gives me a lift”, “relieves boredom” etc).
  • Focus on personal reasons to quit, personal attributes and talents, and life goals.
  • Address the various fears about quitting smoking.
  • Deal with the hand-to-mouth routine so weight gain is minimized and oral gratification is achieved.
  • Offer the opportunity to ring the Help-Line for support at any stage during the program or afterwards.
  • Determine the Cut-Off Day as the goal to work towards.
  • Learn how to chart progress in such a way as to identify and deal with smoking issues.
  • Introduce special letter that can be handed to non-smokers and/or reformed smokers who might sabotage the smoker’s efforts to be free from smoking.
  • Introduce special information and instruction for pipe smokers, smokeless tobacco chewers, nicotine gum users and patch users.
  • Introduce weekly Action Steps for gaining control and understanding of the habit (at a physical, psychological, social, emotional and cultural level), including introduction of the weekly “Pack-Strap” for tabulating progress, and begin the process of weaning the smoker slowly off nicotine.

NOTE: Current Australian legislation restricts cigarette manufacturers from divulging nicotine levels in cigarettes. Despite this, Smokenders has been able to obtain information to assist smokers with the weaning process of removing nicotine from their system.

Session 2

  • Evaluate progress since the last session.
  • Explore and create the value of a positive attitude in the quitting process.
  • Understand the impact of stress on smoking and begin to learn steps to combat it.
  • Instil an understanding that smoking doesn’t make anything better or solve problems.
  • Explore self-pity as an insidious emotional trigger and learn tools to overcome it.
  • Discover the importance of correct breathing and repatterning techniques as great weapons against the habit.
  • Continue weekly Action Steps for gaining control and understanding the habit (at a physical, psychological, social, and emotional level), and continue the process of weaning the smoker slowly off nicotine.
  • Encourage the smoker to make use of the free-call Help-Line at any time.

Session 3

  • Review previous weeks activities and appraise progress.
  • Promote an understanding of how stress affects daily smoking patterns.
  • Continue to explore how self-pity has sabotaged past efforts and how to deal with it.
  • Decode cravings and create solutions.
  • Explore fatigue along with the relationship of smoking and blood sugar levels.
  • Deal with the smoking triggers of caffeine and alcohol.
  • Explore the value of perseverance and recognition of achievement.
  • Introduce non-smoking rewards and distractions instead of smoking.
  • Encourage relaxation techniques.
  • Discuss the value of exercise to minimize weight gain and implement weight control techniques.
  • Continue Action Steps to further break complex smoking triggers, the smoker’s attachment to cigarettes and continue the weaning process.

Session 4

  • Evaluate progress and acknowledge successes to date.
  • Introduce self-motivation and continue with relaxation techniques as powerful tools to stay motivated and calm.
  • Introduce introspection, self-acknowledgement and ongoing affirmation as a means to positively move forward to the next stage.
  • Provide tools to assist smokers to overcome difficulties and the many side effects of quitting.
  • Calculate that only a small amount of nicotine will be left in the body by cut-off day, so withdrawals do not occur.
  • Offer guidance on how to approach the Cut-off Day with confidence and a positive attitude, armed with the tools needed to beat the habit.
  • Implement Action Steps that eliminate those last smoking triggers and remove most of the nicotine from the body in preparation for the Cut-off Day.

Session 5

  • Offer encouragement and instruction on how to achieve final cessation by pulling together all techniques that address the habit on all levels.
  • Gear up for Cut-Off Day and deal with fear and apprehension.
  • Explore the cost of smoking, and discover fun ways to spend cigarette money that will accumulate after stopping.
  • Discuss the 3 R’s for maintaining motivation and reinforcement: Reasons for Quitting, Repatterning and Rewards.
  • Explore benefits of being a non-smoker as a means of reinforcement.
  • Implement further strategies to prevent weight gain.
  • Deal with symptoms of recovery.
  • Look at other goals and rewards as a new way of life.
  • Introduce Action Steps to reinforce the new habit of not smoking and avoid pitfalls.

Session 6

  • Offer congratulations and encouragement - moving into phase 2.
  • Learn how to deal with problems - physical and emotional adjustment.
  • Utilize techniques to decode and distract from cravings, and repattern future activities to make things easier.
  • Understand emotional reactions to quitting and record feelings and emotions from past week.
  • Put into place reinforcement techniques.
  • Focus on the many benefits of being smoke free.
  • Provide more information on weight issues so that weight gain and fluid retention are not problems.
  • Explore the “Instant Help list” that assists with difficulties.
  • Continue Action Steps to become comfortable with not smoking, and reinforce the new habit of not smoking, so as to avoid pitfalls.

Session 7

  • Develop an awareness of future triggers - forewarned is forearmed.
  • Address techniques to avoid the most frequent causes of sliding back into smoking.
  • Instil recognition of achievement and set new goals.
  • Focus on the plusses and positives of quitting to create long-term success.
  • Learn strategies to live happily with a new non-smoking way of life.
  • Encourage more strategies for stress management.
  • Offer congratulations on a job well done and final reminders on how to stay smoke free forever.
  • Create ongoing support by encouraging calls to the Smokenders free-call Help-Line:
    Australia : 1800-021-000  (Free-Call)
    New Zealand : 0800-041-000  (Free-Call)
    International : +61 415 221 000  (WhatsApp)

Please note:
Additional instructions are given in the event that the smoker wishes to use patches (NRT)

SMOKENDERS
Australia TEL : 1800-021-000 New Zealand TEL : 0800-041-000 International : +61 415 221 000
WEB: www.smokenders.com.au

Testimonials

Video Testimonials

FAQs

Smokenders was founded in 1969 in the US and started in Australia in 1981. Since its inception, over 2 million people throughout the world have completed the Smokenders program — this includes over 40,000 Australians! Smokenders is widely recognised as the most successful quit smoking program in the world.

No. We do not dispense any drugs or medical advice. The program is completely natural.

No. The smoking habit is too complex for what we regard as simplistic ‘quick-fix’ cures. The program is hands-on practical and therefore does not require the use of any outside stimulus.

No. The nicotine is weaned from participants’ systems before they even stop smoking. Various weaning techniques are used to ensure there are no withdrawals during or after the stop-smoking process.

No. Not only do we believe these are an insult to one’s intelligence but we have found that these tactics simply do not work. A smoker already knows what harm smoking is doing to them.

(NOTE: Governments have been using scare tactics for years to make people quit smoking with little or no effect. A decade ago 25% of the Australian adult population was smoking. Today about 20% of the population still smoke.)

No. Willpower is not needed to quit smoking because the smoker will be dealing with their habit (and addiction) before they even stop smoking.

Quitting smoking can be harder than getting off heroin! The reason is because smoking is much more than an addiction. People smoke in all kinds of different situations: For example after a meal, in the car, on the phone, with a coffee or alcoholic drink, when receiving bad (or good) news, the car won’t start, the kids are yelling, being late, feeling bored or lonely, being upset — the list goes on and on. Conversely, a heroin user will only use their drug when the level of the drug is lowered in their blood.

We address all the issues of the smoking habit:

PHYSICAL: Nicotine is addictive

PSYCHOLOGICAL: Dealing with ‘triggers’ such as a cigarette after a cup of coffee, after a meal, on the phone, in the car etc.

EMOTIONAL: Emotional and stressful situations such as feeling upset, angry, disappointed, worried, lonely, anxious etc.

SOCIAL: Smoking during a night out, following an alcoholic drink, lighting up when other smokers light up etc.

Briefly, Smokenders is a practical and hands-on program to quit smoking whereby the smoker identifies and deals with all the issues pertaining to their particular habit — while they are still smoking or using the patch. The ‘process’ allows for the participant to keep smoking up to the fifth weekly session. During this period the smoker is dealing with all aspects of their habit, as well as being weaned off the addictive nicotine drug. They learn various quitting techniques and set specific goals for their ‘cut-off day’. So, when ‘cut-off day’ arrives, they are prepared physically, psychologically and emotionally to quit smoking — for good!

Following cut-off, there are two more weekly sessions for reinforcement. This is an important part of the program, as the smoker needs to be prepared to deal with life issues as a non-smoker. Furthermore, a full long term support network is available.

Finally, it’s important to realise that Smokenders is a smoker-friendly and supportive program. In fact, many participants have commented about how interesting, fun and effective the program is. If the program was dull, boring or uncomfortable, people would not persevere and successfully quit smoking!

Smokenders consists of seven weekly sessions with each one lasting just under two hours.

No. Nobody is ever asked to ‘confess’ or made to feel embarrassed. In fact, participants don’t have to say a single word!

The reason that so many people gain weight when they quit smoking is because they substitute food for their cigarettes. Did you know that every time a smoker has a cigarette they have about 10 puffs? This means that they touch their mouth about 10 times per cigarette. So if a smoker was smoking 30 per day, they would be touching their mouth about 300 times per day. That’s over 100,000 times per year!

Unless a smoker deals with this ‘hand-to-mouth’ routine, how can they possibly expect their mouth or hands not to miss all this attention?

Smokenders has effective weight control guidelines built in, so weight gain can be avoided. In fact the guidelines are so effective that some participants even lose weight by following them.

Yes. Some Smokenders participants choose to use the nicotine patch or gum during the program. However, participants looking to use nicotine substitutes should be very careful as to the level they start with. One should calculate how much nicotine or tar one is presently putting into their system (multiply the number of cigarettes by the nicotine/tar level) and then buy the appropriate patch or gum. Pharmacists should know about this.

Although participants are most welcome to use them in the program, most people who partake in Smokenders choose not to use the patch or gum. Whilst patches and gum are only nicotine substitutes, Smokenders takes care of the entire habit as well as the addiction.

Session 1

  • Instil and boost confidence that quitting smoking is achievable, despite previous setbacks.
  • Create the right frame of mind, commitment and motivation necessary for success.
  • Develop an understanding of the smoking habit so that all levels of the habit can be addressed:  physical, psychological, social, emotional and cultural.
  • Explore reasons for smoking and bust old myths that build up over years of smoking (e.g. “smoking gives me a lift”, “relieves boredom” etc).
  • Focus on personal reasons to quit, personal attributes and talents, and life goals.
  • Address the various fears about quitting smoking.
  • Deal with the hand-to-mouth routine so weight gain is minimized and oral gratification is achieved.
  • Offer the opportunity to ring the Help-Line for support at any stage during the program or afterwards.
  • Determine the Cut-Off Day as the goal to work towards.
  • Learn how to chart progress in such a way as to identify and deal with smoking issues.
  • Introduce special letter that can be handed to non-smokers and/or reformed smokers who might sabotage the smoker’s efforts to be free from smoking.
  • Introduce special information and instruction for pipe smokers, smokeless tobacco chewers, nicotine gum users and patch users.
  • Introduce weekly Action Steps for gaining control and understanding of the habit (at a physical, psychological, social, emotional and cultural level), including introduction of the weekly “Pack-Strap” for tabulating progress, and begin the process of weaning the smoker slowly off nicotine.

NOTE: Current Australian legislation restricts cigarette manufacturers from divulging nicotine levels in cigarettes. Despite this, Smokenders has been able to obtain information to assist smokers with the weaning process of removing nicotine from their system.

Session 2

  • Evaluate progress since the last session.
  • Explore and create the value of a positive attitude in the quitting process.
  • Understand the impact of stress on smoking and begin to learn steps to combat it.
  • Instil an understanding that smoking doesn’t make anything better or solve problems.
  • Explore self-pity as an insidious emotional trigger and learn tools to overcome it. 
  • Discover the importance of correct breathing and repatterning techniques as great weapons against the habit.
  • Continue weekly Action Steps for gaining control and understanding the habit (at a physical, psychological, social, and emotional level), and continue the process of weaning the smoker slowly off nicotine.
  • Encourage the smoker to make use of the free-call Help-Line at any time.

Session 3

  • Review previous weeks activities and appraise progress.
  • Promote an understanding of how stress affects daily smoking patterns.
  • Continue to explore how self-pity has sabotaged past efforts and how to deal with it.
  • Decode cravings and create solutions.
  • Explore fatigue along with the relationship of smoking and blood sugar levels.
  • Deal with the smoking triggers of caffeine and alcohol.
  • Explore the value of perseverance and recognition of achievement.
  • Introduce non-smoking rewards and distractions instead of smoking.
  • Encourage relaxation techniques.
  • Discuss the value of exercise to minimize weight gain and implement weight control techniques.
  • Continue Action Steps to further break complex smoking triggers, the smoker’s attachment to cigarettes and continue the weaning process.

Session 4

  • Evaluate progress and acknowledge successes to date. 
  • Introduce self-motivation and continue with relaxation techniques as powerful tools to stay motivated and calm.
  • Introduce introspection, self-acknowledgement and ongoing affirmation as a means to positively move forward to the next stage.
  • Provide tools to assist smokers to overcome difficulties and the many side effects of quitting.
  • Calculate that only a small amount of nicotine will be left in the body by cut-off day, so withdrawals do not occur.
  • Offer guidance on how to approach the Cut-off Day with confidence and a positive attitude, armed with the tools needed to beat the habit.
  • Implement Action Steps that eliminate those last smoking triggers and remove most of the nicotine from the body in preparation for the Cut-off Day.

Session 5

  • Offer encouragement and instruction on how to achieve final cessation by pulling together all techniques that address the habit on all levels.
  • Gear up for Cut-Off Day and deal with fear and apprehension.
  • Explore the cost of smoking, and discover fun ways to spend cigarette money that will accumulate after stopping.
  • Discuss the 3 R’s for maintaining motivation and reinforcement: Reasons for Quitting, Repatterning and Rewards.
  • Explore benefits of being a non-smoker as a means of reinforcement.
  • Implement further strategies to prevent weight gain.
  • Deal with symptoms of recovery.
  • Look at other goals and rewards as a new way of life.
  • Introduce Action Steps to reinforce the new habit of not smoking and avoid pitfalls.

Session 6

  • Offer congratulations and encouragement – moving into phase 2.
  • Learn how to deal with problems – physical and emotional adjustment.
  • Utilize techniques to decode and distract from cravings, and repattern future activities to make things easier.
  • Understand emotional reactions to quitting and record feelings and emotions from past week.
  • Put into place reinforcement techniques.
  • Focus on the many benefits of being smoke free.
  • Provide more information on weight issues so that weight gain and fluid retention are not problems.
  • Explore the “Instant Help list” that assists with difficulties.
  • Continue Action Steps to become comfortable with not smoking, and reinforce the new habit of not smoking, so as to avoid pitfalls.

Session 7

  • Develop an awareness of future triggers – forewarned is forearmed.
  • Address techniques to avoid the most frequent causes of sliding back into smoking.
  • Instil recognition of achievement and set new goals.
  • Focus on the plusses and positives of quitting to create long-term success.
  • Learn strategies to live happily with a new non-smoking way of life.
  • Encourage more strategies for stress management.
  • Offer congratulations on a job well done and final reminders on how to stay smoke free forever.
  • Create ongoing support by encouraging calls to the Smokenders free-call Help-Line (1800-021-000), NZ : 0800-041-000, International : +61 0415 221 000.

All Smokenders instructors and support staff are former smokers who have graduated from the program and who have followed our rigorous training modules. As former smokers, these professionals have ‘been there’ — they understand and care about what smokers go through to quit smoking. We are not anti-smoking.

Smokers don’t know everything about their habit, as it is the nature of habits to blind us to the mechanisms by which they enslave us. Smokenders has nearly 40 years of experience worldwide, specialising in smoking cessation. It was developed by former smokers and health professionals and covers every single aspect of the habit from the physical to the social and emotional.

Simply put, addiction cannot be chewed, lasered, patched nor hypnotised away!

You will learn . . .
* Why you have not been able to quit on your own 
* Which powerful emotional triggers have sabotaged your previous attempts
* Why you do not need willpower to stop smoking
* How to deal with the hand-to-mouth routine so you don’t put on weight
* Practical techniques for dealing with stress so that you don’t need to smoke
* Some physical tricks all ex-smokers should know
* Techniques for distracting yourself to make quitting much easier
* What to do with negative thoughts that could get you back on smoking
* How to become happy and content that you don’t smoke
* How to handle people still smoking around you
* How to cope effectively with future smoking triggers that could happen to you

Smokenders is there long after the program is over. We are just a phone call away for any assistance on our free-call Help-Line.

Most smokers have tried to quit or cut down at least once before! This will make no difference to their potential success. Smokers shouldn’t blame themselves for being unable to quit smoking — the fact that they never really broke the habit effectively before is because they were never shown how.

Although the Smokenders face-to-face program has been going since 1981 in Australia, the time has come for us to meet the demand for a home-based program. Instead of leaving home to attend a seminar, smokers can now undertake the entire Home Quit-Kit program from their own home or work. A telephone support-line is available for any questions and problems. The staff managing the phones are graduates of the program who have been trained to deal with all aspects of the program. Despite the smoker undertaking the program from home or work, there will always be help available via our free-call Help-Line.

The cost of the Smokenders face-to-face program varies from AUS $350 – AUS $450 depending on where it is held. The new Home Quit-Kit costs AUS $259 (plus postage & handling) making it less costly and very convenient because smokers can do it from home.

A packet a day smoker will be spending about AUS $12 per day on their smoking habit. When comparing the cost of smoking and the cost of Smokenders, Smokenders is a bargain! In fact, for the average smoker, the Home Quit Kit pays for itself in less than 4 weeks!

See the COST OF SMOKING CHART on this site.

Smokenders can conduct on-site programs for the staff of private corporations and  government departments, as well as social groups.

We have a host of testimonials you can browse through. We assist employers to go smoke-free with the least amount of disruption. Please call us on(1800-021-000), NZ : 0800-041-000, International : +61 0415 221 000 or email us.

Surveys show that 81% of smokers who completed the Smokenders Seminar program quit smoking. Surveys also show that 71% of smokers who completed the Smokenders Home Quit-Kit program were smoke-free 6 months later.

The above figures indicate a quit rate 2 – 3 times higher than any other legitimate smoking cessation program in existence today.

People from all walks of life have successfully completed Smokenders. Furthermore, many professional people, such as doctors, nurses and other medical experts, have also used Smokenders to beat their smoking habit.

All Smokenders programs are provided in English with provisions for non-English speakers. Please call or email us if you require further information about translation services.