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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

The 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.

Posted 30 Oct, 2024

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 Victoria
Posted 8 Oct, 2024

Urgent 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 Victoria
Posted 30 Aug, 2024

Quit 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 National
Posted 26 June, 2024

Federal 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 National
Posted 10 June, 2024

World No Tobacco Day

World No Tobacco Day 2024: protecting children from tobacco industry interference

Posted 31 May, 2024

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.

Health
Posted 31 May, 2024

New 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 Victoria
Posted 22 May, 2024
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