As of July, six everyday New Zealanders are going to be standing alongside the likes of Taika Waititi, Ladi6, Young Sid, Richard Kahui and Remix's own Tim Phin to front the Smoking Not Our Future campaign.

Jessica, Toni, Krysta, Emah, Caitlin and Liam were selected as winners.

These people are from all across New Zealand each with their own story to tell. Hamilton's Emah reflects on the financial (and sartorial) benefits of being smokefree, pointing out that by not buying cigarettes you've got more money to buy shoes.

Krysta, a 20 year old technical advisor from Otago grew up around smoking and says she feels lucky that she never liked it — and that people will respect you for not doing it. Toni, a 22 year old from Gisborne also grew up in a home where smoking was the norm. She and her husband don't want smoking to be part of their young sons' futures. Both Toni and Krysta are proud of their families for attempting to quit. Krysta says it's "a massive achievement. By quitting you're helping yourself and you've got your whole life ahead of you now." Toni reckons "without a doubt everyone should think about quitting, maybe we can do a whole first-country-in-the world thing, get the ball rolling, which hopefully this campaign can do."

Find out more about Toni, Krysta, Emah, and the rest of the new additions at notourfuture.co.nz.

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