The research found that out of five concepts, Don’t Make Smokes Your Story (DMSYS) had the greatest potential to drive behaviour change. DMSYS resonated closely with the target audience as it centred around the story of an Indigenous family and a father’s journey towards quitting. The DMSYS campaign was then refined during the second round of concept testing to ensure the campaign would be as effective as possible.
Increased the use of the department’s quitting smoking tools.
Drove visits to the QuitNow website and downloads of the MyQuitBuddy app, during the campaign.
of the target audience was exposed to the campaign
in MyQuitBuddy app downloads during the campaign week (3k a week for 5k to a week)
(35k people) exposed to the campaign claimed to have reduced how much they smoke
in downloads of the Quit for You – Quit for Two app
of those exposed to the campaign claimed to quit smoking