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Break the chain

Friday 1 April 2011

The Australian government has developed a new ad campaign urging Indigenous smokers to break the habit.

Victorian smoking rates hit record low, new figures reveal

Thursday 19 July 2012


New campaign now on air

Monday 16 May 2011

Quit's new campaign demonstrates the value, importance and role of willpower in quitting smoking. The message in the advertisement challenges smokers to re-think their understanding of willpower and how they could use willpower if they were planning to quit.

Smoking Fertility: The Facts

Friday 17 August 2012


New campaign now on air

Quit Victoria's latest advertising campaign depicts powerfully the personal and emotional impact that smoking-caused illnesses have on the lives of smokers' families.

AMA Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria, Quit Victoria and Heart Foundation Victoria urge Parliament to support ban on smoking in outdoor dining and drinking areas.

Tuesday 27 November 2012

Health groups welcome outdoor smoking bans but renew call for smokefree outdoor dining and drinking

Thursday 7 February 2013


New campaign now on air



Prevention is better than cure...

Monday 25 October 2010

It is hoped the creation of an Australian National Preventive Health Agency will be approved by parliament in the coming weeks.

Ban smoking in outdoor dining and drinking areas: Quit Victoria, AMA Victoria, CCV and Heart Vic

Thursday 26 April 2012


Victorian first brings breath of fresh air to Frankston

Monday 8 November 2010

Frankston City Council has become the first area in Victoria to have a smoke-free outdoor mall.

Smokefree beaches. Ban does not go far enough

Wednesday 10 October 2012

Women who quit before middle age can add 10 years to their life

Tuesday 30 October 2012

Majority of Victorians support smokefree alfresco areas, new research reveals

Thursday 14 June 2012


New Quit advertisement now on air

Monday 8 November 2010

Quit Victoria's latest campaign titled 'Stairway to emphysema' produced by the Cancer Institute NSW aims to encourage smokers to quit by focusing on a well-established health consequence of smoking - emphysema.

Plain packaging a ‘historic step’ towards smokefree generation as new research reveals one in four smokers still in doubt about health effects

Friday 30 November 2012

You can hide your packs but you can’t hide from the effects of smoking, new campaign tells smokers.

Wednesday 19 December 2012

New research reveals Big Tobacco’s campaign to derail graphic health warnings

Wednesday 24 October 2012


Fresh air for Williamstown beaches and playgrounds

Monday 23 May 2011

Hobsons Bay Council has become the third council in Victoria, after Surf Coast and Port Phillip, to introduce a smoking ban on its beaches. It’s also become the fifth council to make playgrounds smokefree zones.

WHO head calls for world support of new Australian smoking laws.