Health Check: Smoking — A Health and Wealth Hazard — with Gerald Quigley

In this episode of Stars and Stories, MJ is joined by Gerald Quigley, Community Pharmacist and Accredited Herbalist, to talk about why smoking and vaping are both health and wealth hazards—and what support is out there to help people quit.

Gerald shares insights on Quit’s Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) program, which works to:

• Encourage Community engagement in and support for local TIS activities
• Increase Community understanding of the dangers of smoking and chewing tobacco and the links between tobacco and chronic disease, as well as the dangers of e-cigarettes and vaping
• Increase awareness of the pathways to quitting among workers and Community leaders
• Seek to reduce exposure to secondhand and thirdhand smoke and so much more

Whether you're ready to quit or want to support someone who is—there’s help available, and change is possible.

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Meet Gerald

Gerald Quigley is a practising Community Pharmacist, as well as an Accredited Herbalist.

Gerald is a Pharmacist and Master Herbalist based in Melbourne. He is a media health commentator heard each week on many radio stations.   

He is co-hosts the House of Wellness radio program heard each Sunday on the Nine Radio Network live across Australia. 

Gerald is a Fellow of the Naturopaths and Herbalists Association of Australia and Fellow of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society. 

Gerald’s passion is to empower each person to make sensible health decisions, and to continually maintain and improve their quality of life, especially as they age.