Smoking
Prominent doctors concerned with National Drug Strategy
Several prominent Australian doctors have expressed their concern with the Federal Government’s new National Drug Strategy. The strategy aims to......
Health groups call for shisha crackdown
Health groups have called for a crackdown on indoor shisha smoking in Victoria, the only state in Australia where shisha......
Initital verdict positive on plain packaging positive
When plain packaging of cigarettes was introduced opinion was divided about whether or not it would have any affect on......
Clearing the smoke cloud in Arnhem Land
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are nearly twice as likely as non-Indigenous people to be daily smokers, so it’s no......
Indigenous smoking rates drop
The Australia Bureau of Statistics has released the results of a survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from......
New study shows cigarettes kill two thirds of smokers
The first ever long-term study into smoking has revealed tobacco use reduces life expectancy by 10 years. However, Libertarians say......
E-cigarettes: ‘harmless fun’ or dangerous to public health?
Research in the United States report that teenage use of e-cigarettes has more than doubled in previous years. Enthusiasts have......
Smokers fuming over new tax increase
The Government’s new tobacco tax was introduced today which involves a 12.5 percent tax rise each year over the next......
World No Tobacco Day
Today is World No Tobacco Day and organisations are joining forces to tackle the public health issue of smoking. According......
Smoke and Mirrors
Not everyone’s happy about Australia being the first country to enforce plain packaging for cigarettes. Big Tobacco companies say there’s......