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Smokers start young: research
Up to 93% of current smokers started a habit of smoking daily under the age of 25, new research from an analysis of 22 global adult tobacco surveys shows. The …
E-cigarette regulation through pharmacy?
As the Senate Economics References Committee conducts its public hearing on e-cigarettes, stakeholders have put the case for them forward – but one public health expert told the AJP that …
Plain packaging works: report
Tobacco plain packaging has been a remarkable success, and has already saved thousands of lives, according to the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) and other groups. A report released …
Victorians want outdoor dining smoke ban: Cancer Council
Victorians expect to be able to eat and drink outside without being exposed to secondhand smoke and nearly three-quarters of a million of them will visit cafes and restaurants more …
Australia wins on tobacco plain packaging
The decision of the Arbitration Tribunal to reject the Philip Morris tobacco company case against plain packaging on the basis of a trade treaty with Hong Kong is a great …
How pharmacists can help create tobacco-free communities
In time for the quit smoking New Year resolutions that are anticipated at the end of this month, FIP has outlined the wide variety of different ways in which pharmacists …
National consistency needed on e-cigarette regulation: AMA
The AMA wants to introduce nationally-consistent controls and restrictions on the marketing and advertising of e-cigarettes, it says. The organisation today released its updated Position Statement on Tobacco Smoking and …
Exploding e-cigarettes ‘act as flaming rockets’
Reports that e-cigarette users in the United States are being seriously injured due to the devices exploding in their faces are a wake-up call, Quit Victoria says. In the most …
Preventive health, deterring smoking key issues: Bill Shorten
Opposition leader Bill Shorten used last night’s address to the Guild Annual Dinner at Parliament House to highlight Labor’s plan to increase the tobacco excise. Yesterday Mr Shorten, Shadow Treasurer …
Teen smoking rates continue to decline
A major survey of Australian teenagers shows that smoking rates are continuing to decline, in an encouraging trend welcomed by Quit Victoria and the Heart Foundation. The 2014 survey, led …
Lifestyle change could reduce cancer by 37,000 cases a year
Around 37,000 Australian cancer cases could be prevented each year largely through lifestyle change, according to a new study of cancer incidence and preventable causes in Australia. The study, funded …
Sitting down the new smoking: Heart Foundation
Sedentary behaviour, including too much time sitting down, is the new smoking, says the Heart Foundation.