Welcome to ACOSH
Working towards a Tobacco Free Australia
Better health warnings are only part of the solution. We also need higher tobacco taxes, smoke free work and public places, effective ways to protect kids from cigarette advertising, clearer rules on tobacco company behaviour and increased resources for health promotion and cessation programs.
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Plain packaging in Australia by 2012 - a world first!
The pack is one of the key points of tobacco advertising that remains in Australia. By adopting plain packaging we can end this insidious way of attracting smokers. On 29th April, the Australian Government announced that plain packaging will be implemented in 2012. Plain packaging is the most effective way to stop the tobacco industry from using the pack to promote their deadly product. For further information on plain packaging, click here.
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