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New Victorian data shows highest vaping prevalence in metro areas, highest smoking prevalence in regional areas
A new report from Cancer Council Victoria’s Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer (CBRC) shows a concerning prevalence of smoking and vaping across the Victorian community, broken down by local government areas (LGAs) and local public health units (LPHUs).
Media release VictoriaThe Con that Kills campaign airs again, as tobacco product manipulation continues
Quit has rolled out its latest reboot of an industry manipulation campaign, alerting Victorians to tobacco industry tactics that seek to addict them and in turn risk causing them significant harm by smoking.
Quit launches new campaign ‘The Hanky’ to empower multicultural communities with higher smoking rates to quit
Quit today launches an in-language campaign, The Hanky, to motivate quitting amongst Victorian multicultural communities with high smoking rates. This first-of-its-kind campaign focuses on Vietnamese, Mandarin and Arabic-speaking people and communiti
Media release News VictoriaUrgent need to adopt Parliamentary Inquiry recommendations to combat tobacco and non-therapeutic vaping harm
Cancer Council Victoria and Quit strongly support the recommendations of a government-led inquiry addressing the financial, health, social, and environmental effects of tobacco and e-cigarette use in Victoria.
Media release News VictoriaQuit welcomes third crucial piece of vaping reform and reminds Australians of new national quitting services
Quit and Cancer Council Victoria mark the passage through the Senate of legislation to end the sale of vapes in retail stores to further protect Australians from the harms of nicotine addiction.
Media release News NationalFederal funding for new digital services to best support Australians quitting smoking or vaping
The Federal Government and Australia’s leading cessation service, Quit, have announced the expansion of services to include a new national hub - www.quit.org.au - to help people quit smoking and vaping.
Media release News NationalWorld No Tobacco Day
World No Tobacco Day 2024: protecting children from tobacco industry interference
Protecting kids from smoking and vaping before they start
This World No Tobacco Day, Quit, Cancer Council Victoria and VicHealth renew their calls to stop the harmful tobacco and vaping industry from targeting young people to prevent nicotine addiction in children.
HealthNew Quit campaign unveiled to support the queer community
Quit has launched a new campaign, ‘Quit with Pride’ to support LGBTIQA+ communities to stop smoking. The campaign was borne out of new data revealing significantly higher smoking rates and lower rates of successful quitting amongst LGBTIQA+ Victorians.
Media release News VictoriaPerception of smoking harm dramatically drops and decades old Emphysema radio ad reboots
Quit has released important campaigns to combat smoking, off the back of alarming new data from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey and re-launched its iconic ‘Emphysema’ ad first aired in 2005.
Media release News Victoria