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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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