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Campaign image for the 'Sounds like' Make Smoking History campaign. Image is of a drawing of an ear. There are several bubbles next to the ear, each with a phrase in it, including 'Sputter', 'Cough', 'Wheeze', 'Gasp'. Text on left side of image says: 'Listen to your body... It's time to quit'. Logo of Make Smoking History.

‘Sounds Like’ it’s time to quit smoking

Neeka Zamani, Cancer Council WA   Editor’s note: In the first of a series of Western Australia-based blogs published on … More

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A path through trees.

Cutting a path through the bush: the benefits of comprehensive measures

PHAA CEO, Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin Health Minister Mark Butler’s National Press Club address on 2 May 2023 was a … More

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e-cigarettes, systems, tobacco
Palm of hand faces camera, amid a haze of a smoke-like substance. Dark background.

On World No Tobacco Day, read an expert’s perspective on e-cigarettes

Editor’s note: Today, Wednesday 31 May, marks World No Tobacco Day. Yesterday, Associate Professor Michelle Jongenelis spoke before the Health … More

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Headshots of all members of the Prevention 2023 Conference Advisory Committee.

‘A buzz of excitement’: Prof Jacquie Bowden gives wrap up of Preventive Health Conference 2023

Image: Members of the Prevention 2023 Conference Advisory Committee. Top row L-R: Stephanie Kilpatrick, Mary Brushe, Stephen Harfield, Prof Jacquie … More

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Single cigarette, standing vertically on a table

No butts about stopping tobacco damaging the environment

On this World No Tobacco Day, we remember another victim of the tobacco industry – the environment Dr Michelle I … More

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Composite image shows a vector depicting a a graph, upward arrow and a dollar symbol. Beside this vector is a screenshot of the cover of the 2022-23 Budget Submission.

Public health measures can help balance the Budget

Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin – PHAA CEO This post is the second in our series of articles exploring the PHAA’s … More

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Alcohol, Budget 2022-23, Public Health, sugar tax, taxation, tobacco
Single cigarette, standing vertically on a table

Despite a downward trend, smoking is still taking too many Australian lives

Jeremy Lasek – PHAA While the prevalence of smoking has steadily declined (by 75%) in the last 40 years in … More

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Formula 1 Wheels Are Smoking: Tobacco Industry’s Interminable Advertising Influence in Sport

Mary-Anne Land – PHAA In 2021, the tobacco industry is projected to spend more than $100 million on Formula 1 … More

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Tobacco companies must be made responsible for ciagarette butts. Image of butts

Making tobacco companies responsible for our most common item of litter

Cigarette butts have long been the most common item of litter globally. About four and a half trillion cigarette butts are disposed of in the environment each year. Despite the decrease in the number of smokers in Australia, butts remain the single most common item of litter.

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