Information for Health Professionals

Asthma Resources

There are several resources available relating to asthma, smoking, pregnancy and newborns. Visit the Asthma Foundation of WA website at www.asthmawa.org.au or contact (08) 9289 3647.

Resources are also available at other state foundations, please contact :

The Asthma Foundation of NSW
phone: (02) 9906 3233

http://www.asthmansw.org.au

The Asthma Foundation of Victoria
phone: (03) 9326 7088
http://www.asthma.org.au

The Asthma Foundation of South Australia
phone: (08) 8238 9300
http://www.asthmasa.org.au/

The Asthma Foundation of Northern Territory
phone: (08) 89228817
http://www.asthmant.org.au/

The Asthma Foundation of Queensland
phone: (07) 3252 7677
http://www.asthmaqld.org.au/

The Asthma Foundation of Tasmania
phone: (03) 6223 7725
http://www.asthmatas.org.au

The Asthma Foundation of Australia
phone: (03) 9696 7861
http://www.asthmaaustralia.org.au

Smoking Resources

Smoking resources are available for health professionals. Resources from Quit WA can be ordered online at www.population.health.wa.gov.au/ordering or by contacting Healthinfo on 1300 135 030. Alternatively, visit the Quit WA website www.quitwa.com

Some resources available through Quit WA include:

Quit Kits

The Quit Book – A guide to quitting smoking (Booklet)

Women and Smoking (Booklet)

Men and Smoking (Booklet)

Help Others Quit (Booklet)

Staying Stopped (Booklet)

Quitting Products (Fact sheet)

Resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as well as multicultural resources can also be ordered through Quit WA.

Tobacco Control Resources

There are several resources available on smoking and health for health professionals. The following resources can be obtained by contacting Quit WA. Some of the resources available at Quit WA are as follows:

• Quit book
• Extra help to quit for good book
• Helping others quit information sheet
• Smoking and Asthma Foundation
• Want to Quit? Brochure
• Quit and Save flyer
• Quitline poster
• What’s your poison? Poster
• Stopping smoking: further information sheets
• Cigars and pipes
• Nicotine chewing gum
• Nicotine Patches
• Nicotine inhaler
• Quitting methods and Products
• Withdrawal
• Resources for students
• Tobacco Action Pack
• Tobacco
• What’s in cigarettes
• Who smokes
• Health effects of smoking
• Passive smoking
• Tobacco addiction and quitting
• The tobacco industry.

Many of these resources can be downloaded from their website or orders can be made by using the order form at www.quit.org.au.