National Initiatives on Tobacco Control and Quitting Smoking

There are many government and non-government campaigns which give advice and encouragement to those thinking of quitting smoking, and aim to control the use of tobacco.

Follow the links below for more information about some of these national initiatives.

Reviewed May 2010

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Title:	Preventative Health Taskforce
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	The Taskforce will provide evidence-based advice to governments and health providers on preventative health programs and strategies, focusing on the burden of chronic disease currently caused by obesity, tobacco and the excessive consumption of alcohol.
Date:	May 2010

Title:	Media release. ′4,000 chemicals′: $5M anti-smoking campaign
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	A renewed tobacco campaign will continue building awareness of the health damage caused by smoking.
Date:	Feb 2010

Title:	Welcome to the Quitnow website
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	This is the web site of the Australian National Tobacco Campaign. The site is a one-stop-shop with all the information you need on the campaign and how to get information on quitting.
Date:	Feb 2010

Title:	Media release. $10.7M available to reduce Indigenous smoking rates
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	The Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon, today encouraged organisations with expertise in smoking prevention and quitting smoking to join a $10.7 million initiative to reduce smoking amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Date:	Jul 2009

Title:	Tobacco laws aim to improve health
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	New laws in Victoria restrict advertising and displays of cigarettes and tobacco, ban or restrict smoking in certain venues, and provide for increased penalties for tobacco sales to minors and the possession of illegal tobacco.
Date:	Mar 2009

Title:	Tobacco control in Australia: making smoking history
Publisher:	National Preventative Health Taskforce
Description:	This paper presents the latest data on smoking in Australia. Building on extensive information compiled in the National Tobacco Strategy document released in 2004, it provides an update of research available since that time, and describes what has been done over the past four years and where Australia falls short of international best practice.
Date:	Jan 2009

Title:	Plain packaging of tobacco products
Publisher:	The Cancer Council Australia
Description:	Cancer Council Australia position statement on plain packaging of tobacco products
Date:	Nov 2008

Title:	Tobacco
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	The National Tobacco Strategy aims to improve the health of all Australians by eliminating or reducing their exposure to tobacco in all its forms.
Date:	Sep 2008

Title:	Smoke-free kids
Publisher:	Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:	This topic is aimed at providing parents, grandparents and care-givers of children and young people with information about the impact of smoking, and passive smoking, on health.
Date:	Jul 2008

Title:	National Tobacco Strategy 2004-2009: Implementation - Commonwealth
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	Commonwealth component of National Tobacco Strategy 2004-2009 implementation progress report.
Date:	Mar 2008

Title:	National Tobacco Strategy
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	The National Tobacco Strategy 2004-2009 is a policy framework for the Australian Government and State and Territory Governments to work together and in collaboration with non-government agencies to improve health and to reduce the social costs caused by tobacco.
Date:	Mar 2008

Title:	Tobacco - Education
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	Describes the history of the National Tobacco Campaign.
Date:	Mar 2008

Title:	Australia: the healthiest country by 2020: a discussion paper
Publisher:	National Preventative Health Taskforce
Description:	The discussion paper outlines the case for reform in our approach to the prevention of illness and the promotion of health. The aim of this paper is to test our overall targets and the initial recommendations we have developed, in order to inform and provoke discussion and debate between Australians about how these targets can be achieved.
Date:	Jan 2008

Title:	Community pharmacy personnel interventions for smoking cessation
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Personnel in community pharmacies (drug stores) can be a source of information and support for people trying to quit smoking. They may have a role because nicotine replacement therapy, an effective cessation pharmacotherapy, is available without prescri...
Date:	Oct 2007

Title:	Dangers of 'reduced-harm' cigarettes
Publisher:	Cancer Council Australia
Description:	Cancer Council Australia position statement on the 'Dangers of 'reduced-harm' cigarettes'
Date:	Aug 2007

Title:	Tobacco cessation interventions for young people
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Up to one in four UK and American teenagers smoke. Many adolescent tobacco programmes focus on preventing teenagers from starting to smoke, but some programmes have been aimed at helping those teenagers already smoking to quit. We identified 15 good qua...
Date:	Aug 2006

Title:	Community interventions for reducing smoking among adults
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Although intervention communities often showed substantial awareness of their programme, this rarely led to higher quit rates. Similarly, increased knowledge of health risks, changes in attitudes to smoking, more quit attempts, and better environmental ...
Date:	Jan 2006

Title:	What's new in smoking cessation?
Publisher:	Australian Prescriber
Description:	Tobacco smoking is the main preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in Australia. Recently published evidence-based guidelines for general practitioners recommend the 5As framework which is consistent with other international guidelines.
Date:	Jun 2005

Title:	Advertising and display of tobacco products in retail outlets
Publisher:	The Cancer Council Australia
Description:	The Cancer Council Australia's position statement on advertising and the display of tobacco products in retail outlets
Date:	Apr 2005

Title:	Impact of tobacco advertising and promotion on increasing adolescent smoking behaviours
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Advertising is the use of media to create positive product imagery or associations. Promotion or marketing is the mix of activities designed to increase sales. There are no trials of the impact of tobacco advertising and promotional activities on people...
Date:	May 2003

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