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More dirty tricks from tobacco industry terrified about plain packaging
Wednesday 4 August 2010: Quit has slammed an anti plain packaging campaign fronted by the Alliance of Australian Retailers, saying it's nothing but tobacco-funded scaremongering. The advertising blitz,...
Graphic gore off the menu? Quit creates positive campaign
Sunday 1 August 2010: Quit's first positive anti-smoking campaign in almost two decades starts tonight, urging smokers to Never give up giving up. In a new approach not seen in Australia...
Fruit-flavoured tobacco to be off shelves by today
Thursday 1 July 2010: Victorian retailers found selling fruit-flavoured cigarettes could face fines up to $71,000 from today after the State Government implemented a ban order on the products effective...
Lung cancer killing more Australians than ever before but reprieve in sight
Wednesday 23 June 2010: Smoking continues to take a huge toll on Australians with a new report showing lung cancer is still the number one cause of cancer death in the country - killing more people in 2007 than breast,...
More proof a price increase helps smokers quit as senate passes tobacco tax
Tuesday 15 June 2010: Calls to Quitline have surged since the increase in tobacco tax excise and were higher in May in Victoria than for any other month in four years. Some 3,111 Victorians phoned the...
Victorian teen smoking rates halve in less than a decade
Monday 31 May 2010: Victorian teen smoking rates halve in less than a decade Smoking rates among students are at their lowest level in more than twenty years according to the latest...
Extra Quitline funding will go a long way in light of tax rise
Wednesday 5 May 2010: Quit has warmly welcomed the Victorian government's budget announcement of $4.2 million over five years to enhance Quitline services. Quit Support Programs Manager Luke Atkin...
Tobacco tax rise welcome addition to raft of measures
Thursday 29 April 2010: Smoking rates in Australia are likely to fall significantly, after the Federal Government announced an increase in tax on cigarettes today. The 25% excise increase will take the...
Health group applauds news of government action on plain packaging
Wednesday 28 April 2010: Quit has warmly welcomed reports that the government will tomorrow announce moves to introduce plain packaged cigarettes in Australia. Executive Director, Fiona Sharkie, said...
Lung cancer remains biggest cancer killer among women, as new anti-smoking ad launched
Sunday 11 April 2010: The latest Victorian cancer statistics show lung cancer is killing more Victorian women than ever before and is the leading cause of cancer death among females - overtaking breast cancer for the...
