Quit has welcomed news that the British government is moving towards introducing the plain packaging of cigarettes, following the lead of the Australian government.
A new survey has found nearly one-third of smokers believe the health effects of smoking are exaggerated, while less than four out of ten smokers are able to identify emphysema as a health effect of smoking.
Quit's first positive anti-smoking campaign in almost two decades urges smokers to Never give up giving up.
Quit Executive Director Fiona Sharkie said the terrible toll Australia's leading preventable cause of death is taking could be lessened by the formation of a National Preventive Health Agency to co-ordinate a countrywide approach to tackling smoking.
Quit today expressed disgust at the tobacco industry’s continued deceitful attempts to try and undermine plain packaging.
It’s never been more important for pregnant women who smoke to kick the habit - after a new Australian study has shown women who smoke in pregnancy are putting their child at risk of heart attack or stroke later in life.
Frankston hospital has marked a major milestone in improving the health of expectant mothers and their unborn children - becoming the first antenatal service in Victoria to refer 100 pregnant women to the Quitline (13 7848).
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.
New research shows plain packaging of cigarettes has the support of the majority of the Australian people, despite the tobacco industry’s continued attempts to undermine it.
VicHealth and Quit have welcomed the Federal Government’s bid to ban internet advertising of tobacco products, announced in Parliament today.