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Tag: tobacco control

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Aotearoa provides guidance on the next phase of tobacco control measures in Australia: more of the same is not enough

Dr Raglan Maddox, Catherine Manning, Prof Raymond Lovett, Assoc Prof Lisa Whop, Selah Hart, Dr Michelle Kennedy, Assoc Prof El-Shadan … More

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A glass ashtray full of used cigarette buts.

‘Dispelling the smoke to reflect the mirror’: the time is now to eliminate tobacco related harms

Helen Tran, PHAA Intern A recently published commentary by Maddox et al in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of … More

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An election campaign bereft of prevention efforts that could save lives: Daube

Emeritus Professor Mike Daube AO, PHAA President (2007-2010) Another day, another election spending announcement. Both major parties are promising funding … More

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2022 Federal Election, Prevention, Public Health, tobacco control
Addy Carroll AM left Shirley Frizzell and Hon Roger Cook MLA, Deputy Premier of Western Australia and Minister for Health

Powerful pair recognised for decades of persistence at tobacco control

Paris Lord – PHAA Editor’s note: this Intouch post is longer than usual, but is worth your time, particularly if … More

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National Preventive Health Strategy: realising the opportunity to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health outcomes by addressing tobacco use

With the Commonwealth Government’s National Preventive Health Strategy due for finalisation in the coming months, Dr Raglan Maddox, Professor Tom … More

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Tobacco control was the best buy in health then, and it’s still the best buy now: an interview with Dr Michael Wooldridge

Michael Wooldridge and Paul Grogan   Image: German brother drivers Michael Schumacher on left and Ralf Schumacher walk along the … More

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