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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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