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Higher smoking and vaping in LGBTIQA+ communities prompts refreshed campaign to empower quitting

‘Quit with Pride’, a social marketing campaign to prompt people in the LGBTIQA+ community to find their why for quitting smoking or vaping, launches today. The campaign will run until May 17 across Victorian radio, podcast, out of home posters, digital channels and throughout community and outdoor settings.

Posted 7 Apr, 2025

Safeguarding Australia’s position as tobacco control leaders - new smoking health warnings, pack inserts and a ban on menthols from April 1

Quit and Cancer Council welcome a range of new mandatory changes to tobacco products coming into effect today, as Australia becomes just the second country in the world to introduce Health Warnings on individual cigarette sticks, following Canada.

Posted 1 Apr, 2025

Tackle quitting smoking ‘One Step’ at a time with new Quit campaigns

Quit today launches two mass media social marketing campaigns to prompt people who smoke to start their quit journey. The new ‘One Step’ and ‘Sounds Like’ campaigns will run until April 26, across Victorian radio, digital and across community and outdoor settings.

Posted 17 Mar, 2025

Gaps in teens’ understanding of smoking harms associated with increased risk of future smoking

A new paper from the Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer (CBRC) at Cancer Council Victoria, published today in Tobacco Control, shows gaps in teenagers’ understanding of the harms of smoking. Particularly concerning was the finding that those adolescents who are more susceptible to smoking were less likely to understand that smoking causes a range of diseases and that smoking spreads toxic chemicals all around the body.   

Posted 6 Mar, 2025

Smoking health harms “worse than we thought”, new ANU study of Australians aged 45 and over finds

The scale of harm caused by smoking is higher than previously thought, according to new research out today from The Australian National University (ANU). Tragically, an estimated 66 Australians a day, or more than 24,000 people a year, will die from smoking.

Posted 26 Feb, 2025

Research suggests quitting vapes may help your dating prospects. Quit for better chance at love this Valentine’s Day

Too tall or too short? Parents or friends not a fan? Maybe their star sign doesn’t align with yours? There are many reasons people find not to date someone. Now, many people are also checking whether a potential partner vapes or not.

Posted 14 Feb, 2025

Victorian-first as free grade 5-6 education resources launched to help students learn about youth vaping harms

In a first for the state, primary school teachers and health educators of grades 5 and 6 students will now have access to a range of Victorian curriculum-aligned vaping education resources to teach young people about the harms of vaping and help create healthy communities.

Posted 23 Jan, 2025

Welcoming a new Tobacco Licensing Scheme, bringing Victoria in line with the rest of Australia

Quit and Cancer Council Victoria today join in marking the passage of milestone legislation to introduce a licensing scheme for tobacco at the retail and wholesale levels in Victoria.

Posted 27 Nov, 2024

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 Victoria
Posted 31 Oct, 2024
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