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Quit advises smokers to wait until after New Year celebrations have finished to butt out

New data shows overwhelming support for moves to protect children from tobacco

Secondhand smoke puts 13-year-olds at higher risk of heart disease

Thursday 11 March 2010

Graphic new campaign puts the spotlight on smoking and lung cancer

Thursday 14 February 2008

Health groups welcome coalition support on plain packaging

Tuesday 31 May 2011

Cancer Council Victoria and Quit have congratulated the coalition for pledging its support to plain packaging today.

Health groups call for end to backdoor tobacco promotion at the Spring Racing Carnival

United Kingdom to pursue plain packaging of cigarettes

Thursday 10 March 2011

Quit has welcomed news that the British government is moving towards introducing the plain packaging of cigarettes, following the lead of the Australian government.

Monash City Council to introduce more smokefree

Monday 13 September 2010

Quit and the Heart Foundation (Victoria) hope more outdoor areas in Victoria will go smokefree, after news a Melbourne council is looking to pursue the idea.

From January 1st, Victorian smokers will no longer be able to smoke in a car when children are passengers.

City of Port Phillip bans smoking on beaches, as momentum builds for smoke-free outdoor areas

Wednesday 10 November 2010

Quit and the Heart Foundation (Victoria) have applauded a decision by Port Phillip City Council on Monday night (November 8th) to ban smoking on its beaches from December 1, 2010.

Fruit-flavoured tobacco to be off shelves by today

Thursday 1 July 2010

Government subsidises nicotine patches, giving smokers support they need to quit

Thursday 9 December 2010

Australia's three million smokers will have more reason to quit, after the federal government today committed to funding nicotine patches on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Members of Parliament must pass plain packaging legislation

Wednesday 6 July 2011

Quit has urged MPs not to let tobacco industry bully-boy tactics dissuade them from implementing a measure that will help continue to drive down smoking rates in Australia.

Melbourne music-lovers prepare to free their lungs today, as the St.Jerome's laneway festival goes smokefree

Teenage girls who smoke more than twice as likely to become overweight according to new study

Big tobacco wastes government time looking for non-existent smoking gun

Thursday 21 October 2010

Big tobacco continues to run scared of plain packaging, bombarding the Department of Health and Aging with freedom of information (FOI) requests in a desperate attempt to find ways to stop the most significant health reform in decades.

New Year Resolutions

Quit encourages smokers to put New Year resolutions to kick the smoking habit on hold

Big tobacco out to protect big profits

Tuesday 17 May 2011

Quit today expressed disgust at the tobacco industry’s continued deceitful attempts to try and undermine plain packaging.

Williamstown beaches and playgrounds to go smokefree

Thursday 19 May 2011

Quit and the Heart Foundation (Victoria) have welcomed news that Hobsons Bay Council will ban smoking on its beaches and playgrounds.

Australia poised to become global leader in tobacco control with new recommendations to tackle Australia’s smoking toll