A 2002 Quit advertisement titled "Cigarette Recall" featuring comedian John Clarke as an executive from a tobacco company announcing a recall of all cigarettes.
The updated National Tobacco Campaign makes a stronger connection between the smoking-caused diseases and the graphic health warnings on cigarette packs.
Quit has slammed an anti plain packaging campaign fronted by the Alliance of Australian Retailers, saying it's nothing but tobacco-funded scaremongering.
Tobacco displays will be hidden in most retail outlets in Victoria from January 1st, 2011 as legislation banning them comes into force.
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.
Quit has welcomed news that the British government is moving towards introducing the plain packaging of cigarettes, following the lead of the Australian government.
Leading health groups have congratulated the Victorian Liberal Government for supporting the plain packaging of cigarettes.
A major tobacco-industry funded advertising blitz has backfired, with new research revealing the “It won’t work, so why do it” campaign persuaded more people to support the plain packaging of cigarettes than oppose it.
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.