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Follow the links below to find information relating to health warnings, including warnings about diseases, medicines, drugs, and products that might have adverse health consequences.
Updated July 2007
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Safety alerts and advisory statements
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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Links to safety alerts and advisory statements about medicines and medical devices in Australia.
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Mar 2008
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Zolpidem ("Stilnox") - updated information - February 2008
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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As a response to these observed adverse effects, significant changes have been made to the Product Information (PI) and Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) documents for products containing zolpidem.
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Feb 2008
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Tobacco - Health warnings
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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From 1 March 2006 all tobacco products imported and manufactured for retail in Australia are to be printed with the new health warning labels. These new warnings provide smokers with information on an expanded range of health effects. In the case of cigarette packs, health warnings now occupy 30% of the front and 90% of the back of pack, with a graphic appearing on both front and back.
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Dec 2007
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Media release. Australia helps in reducing global smoking
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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Australia has underscored its commitment to helping reduce smoking world-wide by committing an extra-budgetary contribution of US$200,000 to help implement the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
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Jul 2007
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SunSmart UV Alert
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Cancer Council Victoria
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The SunSmart UV Alert is reported daily in newspaper weather forecasts across Australia. The alert is used to raise public awareness of the risk of exposure to UV radiation and to encourage people to adopt appropriate sun protection measures.
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Apr 2007
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Media release. Look, see, quit: new images to shock smokers
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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Graphic images on cigarette packets, similar to those introduced in Australia last March, have been found in a recently-published international study to be the most effective way to get across to smokers the range and severity of the health risks they face.
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Mar 2007
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Review of Aspirin / Reye's syndrome warning statement
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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At its meeting on 3 April 2003, the Medicines Evaluation Committee agreed to re-examine the evidence linking aspirin use in children or teenagers with chicken pox, influenza or fever, with Reye's Syndrome, with a view to making further recommendations to the NDPSC about the advisability of adopting the UK warning statement.
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Apr 2004
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Medicine label advisory statements consultation document
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The TGA's Review of the Labelling Requirements for Medicines recommended that warning and advisory statements from various sources be consolidated into a single document. This consultation document proposes a method for implementing that recommendation and a process for ensuring the resulting document is maintained in an efficient and effective manner. The closing date for responses was Friday 13 December 2002.
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Oct 2002
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