We are honoured to announce the 2018 #BobElphick winner is the WA Aboriginal Tobacco Control Strategic Leadership Team awarded this morning by Hon Roger Cook MLA. https://www.acosh.org/major-award-recognises-leadership-reducing-indigenous-smoking/

Dec 7, 2018

One of Australia’s greatest health achievements is the significant decline in smoking prevalence. It's now extremely important to implement strong, evidence-base tobacco control measures to continue this decline. View the other #top10publichealth successes: https://www.phaa.net.au/documents/item/3241

Nov 30, 2018

Australia’s tobacco, gambling and alcohol industries have donated $14m to the major political parties, targeting their gifts during critical policy debates or immediately before elections, a new study has found.

Nov 28, 2018

WIN $500 for your school! The Critics’ Choice 2018 invites upper primary and lower secondary students to vote for their favourite anti-smoking ad. Involve your WA school today! http://criticschoice.quit.org.au

Nov 14, 2018

Smoking rates are high among Australians with a mental illness. Quitting is likely to improve their physical and mental health; supporting them to do so should be part of mental health care.

Nov 8, 2018

Canada could soon become the first country in the world to place health warnings on all cigarette sticks.

Nov 5, 2018

Congrats to Singapore for introducing standardised tobacco packaging reforms!

Nov 2, 2018

Big Tobacco is reinventing itself for a ‘smoke-free future’ in developed nations while aggressively marketing combustible cigarettes in developing economies.

Oct 23, 2018

$1,300,000,000,000 (1.3 TRILLION!) of Australians’ money now in tobacco free superannuation funds thanks to Dr Bronwyn King's Tobacco Free Portfolios. 👏👏

Oct 18, 2018

Australia is a world leader in tobacco control, but we have by no means 'solved' smoking. Excellent insight by Prof Emily Banks in the MJA on why we must continue to work to reduce the impact of our most deadly habit.

Oct 16, 2018

"As tobacco giants become more creative, we must not forget: the tobacco industry is the problem here, so how could it ever be part of the solution?"

Oct 10, 2018

While the health effects of tobacco use are well known, the impact on the environment is often overlooked.

Oct 8, 2018

Labor denounces Big Tobacco's push to overturn Australia's vaping ban.

Oct 5, 2018

Philip Morris lobbying on e-cigarettes hidden from Australian public.

Oct 3, 2018

North Sydney Council this week unanimously passed mayor Jilly Gibson's recommendation to make its CBD one of the first smoke-free business districts in Australia.

Sep 28, 2018

In the latest of a series of actions to address the epidemic of youth e-cigarette use in the US, the FDA have launched a campaign aimed at educating kids about the dangers of e-cigarettes.

Sep 21, 2018

Tobacco companies have a long history of pitching their products as healthy - and they haven't stopped doing it.

Sep 18, 2018

The FDA says it will pull flavored e-cigarettes like Juul off the market if the tobacco industry doesn’t do more to combat growing use of the products by children and teens

Sep 14, 2018

The Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill 2017 has passed WA Parliament 🚭🚭 WA will become the first state to make it illegal for employees under the age of 18 to sell tobacco products in retail outlets. https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2018/09/State-Parliament-passes-tough-new-tobacco-laws-to-fight-smoking.aspx

Sep 13, 2018

During a single session of shisha, one can inhale several times more nicotine, carbon monoxide and cancer-causing chemicals than a single cigarette.

Sep 10, 2018

Voucher reward credited with helping rural Tasmanians quit smoking.

Sep 6, 2018

The tobacco industry says it no longer tries to hook new generations of smokers - but read on!

Aug 27, 2018

A new major American study of nearly 70,000 people has found that daily use of e-cigarettes doubles the risk of heart attack.

Aug 23, 2018