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  • 2013
    • January Media
      • Majority of Victorian smokers believe sale of cigarettes should be banned in future, new research shows.
    • February Media
      • Health groups welcome outdoor smoking bans but renew call for smokefree outdoor dining and drinking
      • New Zealand becomes the second country in the world to introduce plain packaging
      • Quit Victoria and Cancer Council Victoria applaud Future Fund’s decision on tobacco-related investments
    • April Media
      • Leading health groups call on Govt to stop Victoria becoming a ‘secondhand smoke state’
      • Research shows quitting smoking often helps depression
    • May Media
      • 197 cancer clinicians join together to call on Victorian State Government to Keep Fresh Air Fresh
  • 2012
    • January Media
      • Voice Within - Smoking Takes Lives
    • February Media
      • Mick Roberts Campaign
    • March Media
      • Position Statement: Smokefree outdoor dining and drinking and other public outdoor areas in Victoria
    • April Media
      • Ban smoking in outdoor dining and drinking areas: Quit Victoria, AMA Victoria, CCV and Heart Vic
      • Quit calls on pop star Colbie Caillat to cancel her performance at a concert sponsored by tobacco industry
      • New Zealand to pursue plain packaging of cigarettes
    • May Media
      • Victorian Government takes home Dirty Ashtray award
      • Quit Victoria urges smokers to quit on World No Tobacco Day
      • Health groups welcome smokefree outdoor areas in north-central Victoria
      • 'The Wait' Campaign
    • June Media
      • Majority of Victorians support smokefree alfresco areas, new research reveals
    • July Media
      • Victorian smoking rates hit record low, new figures reveal
      • Quit and Cancer Council Victoria applaud health fund’s decision on tobacco-related investments
    • August Media
      • Big Tobacco losers again after another High Court blow
      • Smokefree generation within reach after High Court upholds plain packaging
      • Residents & Traders say yes to Victoria’s first smokefree Shire
    • September Media
      • A breath of fresh air at the Royal Melbourne Show
    • October Media
      • High Court rules 6-1 in favour of plain packaging
      • Ban does not go far enough: Quit Victoria, AMA Victoria, Heart Foundation Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria
      • New research reveals Big Tobacco’s campaign to derail graphic health warnings
    • November Media
      • AMA Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria, Quit Victoria and Heart Foundation Victoria urge Parliament to support ban on smoking in outdoor dining and drinking areas.
      • Plain packaging a ‘historic step’ towards smokefree generation as new research reveals one in four smokers still in doubt about health effects
    • December Media
      • More Victorian councils with smokefree policies but State Government must take lead on smokefree outdoor dining
      • You can hide your packs but you can’t hide from the effects of smoking, new campaign tells smokers
      • Use the change in cigarette packs as a chance to butt out in 2013, Quit urges smokers.
  • 2011
    • January Media
      • Toolkit to help make smoke-free outdoor areas reality for more local councils
      • Passive smoke causes high blood pressure in preschoolers - as kids in cars passes one year
      • Nicotine patches as cheap as $5 from tomorrow, bringing new inspiration to quit
    • February Media
      • Frankston Hospital champions smoke-free message among pregnant women
      • Smokers at higher risk of under-performing this Valentine’s day
    • March Media
      • United Kingdom to pursue plain packaging of cigarettes
      • Inner-city council considers banning smoking in outdoor dining areas
      • Tobacco industry persuades people to support plain packaging of cigarettes
    • April Media
      • New cigarette packs put end to glamour associations with smoking
      • New figures show strong approval of plain packaging after cigarette packs of the future unveiled
      • New study shows cigarette packs make some smokers think there are ‘safer’ cigarettes
    • May Media
      • Big tobacco out to protect big profits
      • Victorian Liberals commit to life saving tobacco reform
      • Williamstown beaches and playgrounds to go smokefree
      • Fresh air on the cards for Macedon Ranges Shire outdoor areas
      • New data reveals Australians in favour of plain packaging of cigarettes
      • Health groups welcome coalition support on plain packaging
    • June Media
      • Increasing your child’s future risk of heart attack? There’s never been a better reason to quit
      • Victorian first: Gippsland council enforces smoke-free outdoor dining
    • July Media
      • Members of Parliament must pass plain packaging legislation
      • New campaign tells smokers to get real about smoking
    • August Media
      • Plain packaging bill passed in a landmark day for Australian tobacco control
    • September Media
      • Parents - 10 year Campaign
      • Quit brings back iconic ‘Parents’ campaign for Father’s Day
      • Victorian smoking rates hit new low
    • October Media
      • October media
    • November Media
      • New report reveals social costs of smoking in Victoria
    • December Media
      • New Year Resolutions
  • 2010
    • February media
    • March media
      • Secondhand smoke puts 13-year-olds at higher risk of heart disease
      • How much is smoking really costing you?
    • April media
      • What's worse
      • Smokefree message to be promoted by Robinvale Eagles
      • Tobacco tax rise welcome addition to raft of measures
      • Health group applauds news of government action on plain packaging
      • Lung cancer remains biggest cancer killer among women, as new anti-smoking ad launched
      • Dirty tricks by tobacco industry show even greater need for plain packaging
    • May media
      • Extra Quitline funding will go a long way in light of tax rise
      • Victorian teen smoking rates halve in less than a decade
    • July media
      • Fruit-flavoured tobacco to be off shelves by today
    • August media
      • Never give up giving up
      • More dirty tricks from tobacco industry terrified about plain packaging
      • Graphic gore off the menu? Quit creates positive campaign
    • September media
      • Monash City Council to introduce more smokefree
      • Smokers spend one year of working life lighting up
    • October media
      • Preventive Health Agency would strengthen tobacco fight
      • Big tobacco wastes government time looking for non-existent smoking gun
    • November media
      • Frankston mall butts out, as more smokers than ever support policy
      • Stairway to emphysema TV ad
      • City of Port Phillip bans smoking on beaches, as momentum builds for smoke-free outdoor areas
      • Web tobacco ad ban a welcome move
    • December media
      • Government subsidises nicotine patches, giving smokers support they need to quit
      • Don’t let snap New Year’s resolutions spoil your chance of quitting successfully
      • Retail tobacco display bans to protect children and help ex-smokers stay quit
  • 2009
    • Jan media
      • New data shows smokers remain in the dark about health problems, as Quit calls for bigger graphic health warnings
    • February media
      • Melbourne music-lovers prepare to free their lungs today, as the St.Jerome's laneway festival goes smokefree
    • April media
      • Ronaldo
      • Smokers struggle to make the link between smoking and throat cancer, as a graphic new campaign hits television screens
      • New data reveals a key way to reduce smoking rates, and save money
    • May media
      • Cigarettes are eating you alive
      • Quit says an increase in tobacco prices would be a major public health victory
      • New report shows less than 1 in 6 Victorians are lighting up
    • June media
      • Lung cancer killing more Australians than ever before but reprieve in sight
      • Less than 1 in 20 smokers identify pregnancy complications as caused by smoking
      • More proof a price increase helps smokers quit as senate passes tobacco tax
    • September media
      • Who will you leave behind?
      • Australia poised to become global leader in tobacco control with new recommendations to tackle Australia’s smoking toll
      • Emotional Father’s Day campaign aims to remind smokers who they leave behind
      • More than half of recent quitters say price is the key to quitting smoking
    • November media
      • Cigarettes are eating you and your kids alive
      • Health groups call for end to backdoor tobacco promotion at the Spring Racing Carnival
    • December media
      • Quit advises smokers to wait until after New Year celebrations have finished to butt out
      • News laws mean Victorian children will breathe a little easier tomorrow
  • 2008
    • February media
      • Graphic new campaign puts the spotlight on smoking and lung cancer
      • Health groups call for bigger graphic health warnings and a move to plain packaging on cigarettes
      • Bronchoscopy
    • March media
      • Quit welcomes PM’s commitment to cut Indigenous smoking rates
      • New study explodes smoking myth about teen weight loss but shows smoking makes boys shorter
    • April media
      • Zita
    • May media
      • Carotid
    • August media
      • National Tobacco Campaign remakes
      • MAJOR US REPORT CONCLUDES TOBACCO PROMOTION AND ADVERTISING CAUSES INCREASED TOBACCO USE
      • Health groups welcome Vic Government’s new 5-year plan to tackle the tobacco crisis in Victoria
      • NEW REPORT SHOWS GRAPHIC ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGN PREVENTED ALMOST 60 000 DEATHS AND SAVED $740 MILLION IN HEALTH CARE COSTS; AS QUIT REMINDS SMOKERS THAT EVERY CIGARETTE IS DOING THEM DAMAGE
    • September media
      • New research shows plain cigarette packs have the least appeal; prompting tobacco control groups to call for Gov action on the issue
      • The Big Kill: Smoking claims almost 4000 lives every year
      • New data shows overwhelming support for moves to protect children from tobacco
      • Quit welcomes research showing huge public support for tobacco tax increase
    • October media
      • New research shows more than 4 in 10 smokers still smoke around kids
      • New data reveals huge toll of smoking on families, as Quit launches a new campaign targeted at parents
      • Separation
    • December media
      • Quit Vic welcomes UK ban on tobacco displays in shops, urging Victoria to follow
      • New publication reveals a dramatic drop in Australian smoking rates over the last quarter of a century
      • Teenage girls who smoke more than twice as likely to become overweight according to new study
      • New data shows lung cancer has overtaken breast cancer in female cancer deaths
      • Health groups welcome Vic Government’s new 5-year plan to tackle the tobacco crisis in Victoria
      • From January 1st, Victorian smokers will no longer be able to smoke in a car when children are passengers.
  • 2007
    • January
      • Over 4 out of 5 smokers not happy to keep smoking
      • Study shows quitting smoking means savings for Australian healthcare system
      • Data reveals 2006 as the year of the Quitter
    • February
      • Quit gets behind smokefree playgrounds
      • New set of graphic health warnings on cigarettes to hit the shelves, as data shows confronting images increase Quitline calls
      • Graphic pictures the most effective health warnings on cigarettes
      • Quit joins calls for an end to duty-free tobacco in Australia
    • March media
      • More than 4 out of 5 Vic smokers have tried to kick the habit
      • New data shows people think smoking is much more common than it actually is
      • Announcement on “Reduced Fire Risk” cigarettes welcomed
      • Victoria starts 100 day countdown to smokefree pubs as new data shows overwhelming community support
    • April media
      • Health groups welcomes ACCC action on ‘kiddie’ cigarette packs
      • New report on smokefree Irish pubs gives Aussie workers something to look forward to
    • May media
      • New report names tobacco as the preventable health risk responsible for greatest ‘burden of disease’ in Australia
      • Graphic new Quit campaign pulls no punches in highlighting smoking and stroke risk
      • New report shows Vic smoking rates lower, but young adults and less advantaged groups remain resistant to change
      • Data shows smokers unaware of link between smoking and stroke
      • Quit and VicHealth highlight the importance of smokefree environments on World No Tobacco Day
      • Carotid
    • June media
      • Monday is still the most popular day to quit smoking, as Quitline prepares for huge spike in quit attempts following smoking bans
      • Half of Victoria’s young adult smokers claim they will quit when bars and clubs become smokefree next weekend
      • Quit Victoria and VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control welcome ALP strategy on chronic disease prevention
      • Quit calls for the withdrawal of ‘Australiana’ themed cigarette cartons
      • Health groups welcome smokefree bars and clubs as a public health milestone in Victoria
    • July media
      • As the air clears in bars and clubs, Quit calls July 1st a day of celebration for all Victorians
      • Quit Victoria calls for state-wide ban on smoking in cars with children, with new data showing overwhelming community support
      • Quit slams Imperial Tobacco for introducing free gift with a tobacco purchase
      • Echo 3: Quitting is hard...but you're not alone
    • August media
      • People don’t accept the dangers of secondhand smoke exposure for children
      • Smokefree cars and homes
    • September media
      • Voice within
    • November media
      • Quit applauds Tasmanian plan to phase out tobacco displays and urges other states to follow
      • Quit slams Philip Morris for using gimmicks to lure smokers
      • New sponge
    • December media
      • Quit highlights public support for banning smoking in cars when children are present
      • Quitline anticipating a spike in calls to ring in the New Year
  • 2006
    • January media
      • Health groups welcome announcement of smokefree Commonwealth Games
      • Enormous toll of smoking on Australian health system
    • February media
      • Will graphic pack warnings change smokers’ minds?
      • Research reveals smokers in the dark about health risks
      • Graphic health warnings start to appear on tobacco products
      • The Cancer Council Victoria and Quit welcome Victorian tobacco reforms
    • March media
      • Research underlines link between smoking and erectile dysfunction
      • New data shows some Vic workers still exposed to second-hand smoke
      • Quit slams tobacco industry over delay tactics on graphic warnings
    • May media
      • Data shows smokers unaware of gangrene risk, as graphic new quit smoking campaign is launched
      • Company documents blow the lid on tobacco industry’s influence on Aussie retailers
      • New data shows significant drop in ‘heavy’ smokers
      • Amputation
    • June media
      • New report shows huge cost of smoking in the community
      • Quit calls on parents to make their homes smokefree following the US Surgeon General’s report on the second-hand smoke
      • Quit calls for action on cheap online cigarette sales
    • July media
      • Smokers up to 10 times more likely to die from mouth and throat cancer
      • New data shows huge support for smokefree bars and clubs as Victoria begins countdown
      • Mouth cancer
    • August media
      • US court ruling finds tobacco industry guilty of racketeering
      • Debate on plain packaging for cigarettes heats up as new data outlines public approval
      • New data shows Victorians want tobacco displays out of sight
    • September media
      • New data reveals a drop in youth smoking rates in Victoria
      • Warning issued on smoking and eye damage
    • October media
      • Tobacco groups respond to new revelations about Rolah McCabe case
      • New study highlights huge health benefits of smokefree bars and clubs
      • Quit calls for an immediate investigation into new ‘kiddie’ packs
    • November media
      • Teen advertisements send opposite smoke signals
      • Quit welcomes ACCC action to ban ‘kiddie’ cigarette packs
      • ‘Kiddie’ cigarette packs withdrawn from sale, following ACCC action
      • Quit renews calls for plain packaging on cigarettes, following court action against British American Tobacco
      • Latest national youth smoking rates released
    • December media
      • New data shows less that one in five Victorians adults smoke
      • Data shows huge support for banning smoking in cars with kids
      • Smokers urged to plan for a quit date a fortnight after New Year’s Day
      • New data shows 1 in 5 parents smoke around children
  • 2005
    • January media
      • New figures show smoking rates in Victoria continue to fall
      • Quit Victoria: 20 years on and still going strong
      • Quit Victoria calls on workplaces to go smokefree as people return to work
    • February media
      • Lung disease (Bubblewrap)
      • Tobacco Tragedy - Smoking toll devastates Victorian communities
      • New Quit Victoria campaign targets lung disease
    • April media
      • Quit Victoria urges Victorian retailers to follow lead of Coles Myer
      • Health groups welcome decline in smoking
    • May media
      • Quit celebrates World No Tobacco Day with a modern twist on an old classic
      • Quit Victoria urges parents to quit smoking on World No Tobacco Day
      • Super Cheap Auto racing Quit
      • Carlton supporters get the wooden spoon for smoking rates
      • Ban on sales and advertising of cigarettes over the Internet investigated
      • Quit Victoria responds to news of ACCC deal with the tobacco industry
      • Health groups applaud budget commitment to tobacco control
      • Health groups welcome tobacco reforms
      • New figures spell out massive community support for a smokefree Victoria
    • July media
      • Tobacco control community mourns loss of a pioneer
      • Thousands of hospital visits avoided by drop in smoking rates
      • Tobacco companies not trustworthy, according to Victorian study
      • New study puts kids smoking in the spotlight
    • August media
      • Deal reached with Imperial on  light’ and  mild’ deception
      • Quitting is hard. Not quitting is harder.
      • Victoria comes in third on National Tobacco Control Scoreboard
      • Quit welcomes plans to ditch fruit flavoured cigarettes.
      • Women's lung cancer rates set to rise, according to new data
    • October media
      • Almost 1 in 2 Victorians exposed to second-hand smoke
      • Pubs and bars to get a boost from smoking bans: Over 25% of people to go more often
    • November media
      • Smokers up to 4 times more likely to get oral cancer
    • December media
      • Smokefree laws hailed a huge success
      • Quit urges Victorians to go smokefree for 2006. Quitline sets 20 000 Callback target.
      • Quit calls for plain packaging on cigarettes as ACCC announces $9 million advertising campaign
      • New data shows Monday is the most popular day to butt out
      • Quit renews calls for plain packaging on all tobacco products as new ACCC campaign begins
      • QUIT MAKING EXCUSES, AND START THE NEW YEAR SMOKEFREE
      • Major health groups call on workplaces, bars and clubs to begin 2006 smokefree
  • 2004
    • January media
      • Latham's stance on tobacco donations welcomed
    • February media
      • Tran
      • New study confirms non smoking areas 'ineffective'
      • Language no barrier for smokers who want to quit
      • Proposal for graphic warnings on cigarette packs welcome
    • March media
      • New survey finds 7 out of 10 Victorians want smoke bans in bars
      • Graphic warnings on the front of cigarette packs the best way to inform smokers
    • May media
      • Don't pay the price of smoking
      • Major Report links new diseases to smoking
      • 2004 WNTD - Quit and Save
    • July media
      • New study finds risk of heart disease from passive smoking greater than thought
    • September media
      • Quit Victoria welcomes Labor’s pledge to fight tobacco related health damage.
      • Rural Victorians join the call for a smokefree victoria
      • New figures spell out community support for a smokefree Victoria
      • PBS to face massive blow-out unless smoking rates fall
    • October media
      • People more likely to quit if bars and clubs go smokefree
      • Tobacco reforms a step towards better health for Victorians
    • November media
      • School survey results confirm the need for point of sale bans
      • Quit Victoria praises plan to eliminate tobacco promotion
      • Quit Victoria welcomes ratification of tobacco treaty
    • December media
      • New Zealand steps up to the crease on tobacco control
  • 2003
    • January media
      • Quitline calls jump as Victorians head back to work
    • February media
      • New study strengthens push for smokefree pubs
    • March media
      • Jenny
      • New campaign targets women smokers
      • New figures show Victoria's smoking rates have stalled
    • April media
      • MCG smoking proposal stinks
    • May media
      • Pregnancy
      • Call for new warnings on smoking diseases
      • World No Tobacco Day – May 31. When you’re ready, we’re here
      • World-first tobacco treaty welcomed
      • Health effects of passive smoking
      • Congratulations. You're Pregnant! What a great reason to quit
    • June media
      • Jack
      • New study shows smoking bans have not harmed hotels
      • Youth Clothing Chain's Actions Irresponsible
      • Call for more action on youth smoking as research finds 43,000 teens become hooked on cigarettes each year
    • July media
      • Gory anti-smoking ads encourage kids to quit
      • New York State's Bars and Clubs go Smokefree
      • Student judges sought for anti-smoking advertisements
    • September media
      • Janet
      • Rob
      • Australia's signing of International Tobacco Treaty another step forward for Smokefree pubs
    • October media
      • Irish pubs smoke free from 2004, workers to breathe ease
      • New study shows hospitality staff concerned about working in smoky venues
      • Quit courses an answer for smoke break tension
      • Tobacco case appeal decision disappointing
    • December media
      • Smokers urged to put quitting on their new year's agenda
      • Continued efforts necessary to reduce youth smoking rates
  • 2002
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    • January media
      • Smoke bans won’t affect patronage
      • Quitline calls reach 13 year peak
      • Tobacco ads stubbed out in Victorian shops
    • March media
      • Victorian workplaces urged to butt out smoking
      • Help for Victorian workplaces to breathe easy
    • April media
      • Latest national youth smoking rates released
    • May media
      • Smokers urged to  Quit and be fit’ on World No Tobacco Day
      • Review of tobacco advertising restrictions welcomed
      • Victoria Kicks Butt in Tobacco Stakes
      • WNTD Pack 2002
      • Latest Victorian lung cancer figures released
    • July media
      • Recall
      • 'Tobacco company announces cigarette recall'
    • September media
      • Nice people
    • November media
      • New study finds smokefree venues help  social’ smokers quit
      • Tobacco giant fined for cigarette fashion promotion
    • December media
      • Quit disappointed by tobacco appeal finding
      • Where there's a Will & there's a way to quit for New Year
      • Quit making excuses - and go smokefree in '03
      • Where there’s a Will & there’s a way to quit for New Year
      • Regional Victorians urged to quit for New Year
      • Quit urges cricket fans to lose the ashes
      • Health groups back fund for cancer victim's kids
      • Quit reponse to today's court orders in McCabe appeal
  • 2001
    • January media
      • Kids smoke the most advertised brands
      • Nicotine free cigarettes - reality and myth
      • New report highlights need for smoking action
      • Expert offers hope for quitters who've slipped
    • February media
      • New figures show smoking kills 52 Australians every day
      • Victorians want more smokefree venues
      • New study reveals Victoria's latest smoking statistics
      • Study finds some Victorian workers still choke on smoke
      • Study finds parents butting out in front of kids
      • Smokefree Gambling venues a sensible initiative
      • More Doctors helping smokers to quit
    • April media
      • Shoppers can breathe easy
    • May media
      • Quitting's no puzzle for smokers on World No Tobacco Day
      • Landmark passive smoking ruling pubs must go smokefree
    • June media
      • Victorian dining enters a new era
      • Quit urges Victorians to celebrate smokefree dining
    • July media
      • Health groups celebrate as smoke goes off Victorian menus
      • Cigarette price rise a good reason to quit
    • August media
      • New campaign asks parents to think about how smoking will affect their life
    • September media
      • Parents
      • Warning - Smoking reduces your father's days
    • October media
      • Christmas shoppers enjoy a breath of fresh air
    • November media
      • Big response to new Quit campaign
    • December media
      • Research shows smokefree pubs and clubs help smokers quit
      • Regional Victorians quit for New Year
      • Quit making excuses - and stub the smokes for 2002
      • Smokers urged to make quitting their New Year's resolution
      • New study highlights passive smoking deaths
  • 2000
    • February media
      • Quit calls for greater regulation of tobacco industry
      • Record number of Victorians plan to quit
    • March media
      • Appeal on tobacco class action
      • Attorneys-general move welcomed
      • Government's move on tobacco action has quit's support
      • Landmark case strengthens smokefree dining push
      • New resource aims to help music fans breathe easy
    • April media
      • Quit outraged at tobacco marketing practices
    • May media
      • Tar lung
      • Eye
      • Victoria's tobacco reform a step closer
      • New environmental tobacco smoke findings make a clear case for smokefree dining
      • Smokefree dining is good for business, good for health
      • Smokefree dining makes good sense
      • Tobacco reform: Saving money, saving lives
    • June media
      • Concern raised about illegal tobacco trade
      • July 1st - A great day to quit
    • July media
      • Quit welcomes new youth smoking measures
    • September media
      • Landmark passive smoking ruling sends a warning
    • October media
      • Smoking a monthly pain for young women
    • November media
      • More options for smokers who want to quit
      • Moves to reduce children's access to cigarettes welcome
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  • 2013
    • February
      • Health groups welcome outdoor smoking bans but renew call for smokefree outdoor dining and drinking
      • New Zealand becomes the second country in the world to introduce plain packaging
      • Quit Victoria and Cancer Council Victoria applaud Future Fund’s decision on tobacco-related investments
    • April
      • Research shows quitting smoking often helps depression
      • Leading health groups call on Govt to stop Victoria becoming a ‘secondhand smoke state’
    • May
      • 197 cancer clinicians join together to call on Victorian State Government to Keep Fresh Air Fresh
  • 2012
    • March
      • WHO head calls for world support of new Australian smoking laws.
    • April
      • New Zealand to pursue plain packaging of cigarettes
      • Ban smoking in outdoor dining and drinking areas: Quit Victoria, AMA Victoria, CCV and Heart Vic
      • Quit calls on pop star Colbie Caillat to cancel her performance at a concert sponsored by tobacco industry
      • Smokefree outdoor dining and drinking and other public outdoor areas in Victoria
    • May
      • New campaign tells smokers ‘Don’t wait until it’s too late’
      • Health groups welcome smokefree outdoor areas in north-central Victoria
      • Quit Victoria urges smokers to quit on World No Tobacco Day
    • June
      • Majority of Victorians support smokefree alfresco areas, new research reveals
    • July
      • Victorian smoking rates hit record low, new figures reveal
      • Quit and Cancer Council Victoria applaud health fund’s decision on tobacco-related investments
    • August
      • Smokefree generation within reach after High Court upholds plain packaging
      • Big Tobacco losers again after another High Court blow
      • Smoking Fertility: The Facts
      • Residents & Traders say yes to Victoria’s first smokefree Shire
    • September
      • Plain Packaging: Sneak Peek
      • A breath of fresh air at the Royal Melbourne Show
    • October
      • High Court rules 6-1 in favour of plain packaging
      • Smokefree beaches. Ban does not go far enough
      • New research reveals Big Tobacco’s campaign to derail graphic health warnings
      • Women who quit before middle age can add 10 years to their life
    • November
      • AMA Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria, Quit Victoria and Heart Foundation Victoria urge Parliament to support ban on smoking in outdoor dining and drinking areas.
      • Plain packaging a ‘historic step’ towards smokefree generation as new research reveals one in four smokers still in doubt about health effects
    • December
      • More Victorian councils with smokefree policies but State Government must take lead on smokefree outdoor dining
      • You can hide your packs but you can’t hide from the effects of smoking, new campaign tells smokers.
      • Use the change in cigarette packs as a chance to butt out in 2013, Quit urges smokers.
  • 2011
    • January
      • Need extra motivation to quit this new year?
      • New smoke-free outdoor areas resource kit for local government
    • February
      • Cheap patches now available, see your Doctor today
      • Quitting could be key to better sex life
      • New campaign now on air
    • March
      • Inner-city council considers banning smoking in outdoor dining areas
    • April
      • Break the chain
      • New cigarette packs put end to glamour associations with smoking
      • New campaign now on air
    • May
      • New campaign now on air
      • Fresh air for Williamstown beaches and playgrounds
      • New campaign exposes Big Tobacco scaremongering
    • June
      • Coalition supports plain packaging but the fight's not over
      • Increasing your child’s future risk of heart attack? There’s never been a better reason to quit
    • August
      • Plain packaging bill passed in a landmark day for Australian tobacco control
    • October
      • Mental Health Week - Quitting smoking
    • November
      • Quitline technical difficulties
    • December
      • Quit encourages smokers to put New Year resolutions on hold
  • 2010
    • October news
      • Prevention is better than cure...
    • November news
      • New Quit advertisement now on air
      • Victorian first brings breath of fresh air to Frankston
      • Government to tighten online tobacco advertising
      • Fruit-flavoured cigarette ban endorsed
    • December News
      • When natural isn't always the best
      • It’s official: Quitting makes you happier
      • Nicotine patches to cost as little as $5
      • Don't let snap New Year's resolutions spoil your chance of quitting successfully
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  • Common myths about smoking and pregnancy
  • Compliance testing
  • Facts about smokefree dining
  • Motherhood and smoking
  • Tips to help smokers quit
  • Quitting and pregnancy
  • Tobacco marketing and teenagers
  • Women and smoking
  • Youth smoking in Australia

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