Smoking
Clearing the smoke cloud in Arnhem Land
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are nearly twice as likely as non-Indigenous people to be daily smokers, so it’s no......
Indigenous smoking rates drop
The Australia Bureau of Statistics has released the results of a survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from......
New study shows cigarettes kill two thirds of smokers
The first ever long-term study into smoking has revealed tobacco use reduces life expectancy by 10 years. However, Libertarians say......
E-cigarettes: ‘harmless fun’ or dangerous to public health?
Research in the United States report that teenage use of e-cigarettes has more than doubled in previous years. Enthusiasts have......
Smokers fuming over new tax increase
The Government’s new tobacco tax was introduced today which involves a 12.5 percent tax rise each year over the next......
World No Tobacco Day
Today is World No Tobacco Day and organisations are joining forces to tackle the public health issue of smoking. According......
Smoke and Mirrors
Not everyone’s happy about Australia being the first country to enforce plain packaging for cigarettes. Big Tobacco companies say there’s......
Smoking bans come into effect
A recent ban on smoking in Rundle Mall in the heart of Adelaide has followed smoking bans in other city......
The High Court’s plain packing decision – Snuffing arguments or igniting questioning?
Today’s High Court decision has ruled that tobacco companies can no longer challenge Australia’s plain packaging laws on cigarettes, which......
Big Tobacco challenges plain packaging
Big tobacco companies are refusing to take new plain packaging laws lying down and today marks the start of their......