Tag: Nicotine
Nicotine patches 'unproven'
New research has found the effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy is unproven in helping smokers to quit when it is used without additional support.[MORE]
Oppn bid to ban smoking at Tour Down Under
The SA Opposition is making a bid to ban smokers from the Tour Down Under cycling route.[MORE]
Smoking costing community billions: report
A report commissioned by the Cancer Council has revealed smoking is costing the Western Australian community $2.4 billion a year.[MORE]
Gippsland doctor highlights smoking woes
A senior Gippsland doctor is blaming cigarette smoking for placing a bigger burden on the country's health system.[MORE]
City of Perth bans smoking in alfresco areas
McGinty predicts statewide ban on alfresco smoking[MORE]
Drop in heart attacks linked to smoking bans
The Australian Medical Association says that fewer West Australians are being admitted to hospital with acute heart attacks in the wake of two years of new smoking bans.[MORE]
Indigenous health council announced
Aboriginal health expert Professor Ian Anderson is to head a new Indigenous health panel.[MORE]
Doctor slams NT's 'token efforts' on smoking
A peak medical body says the Northern Territory Government has failed to address the worrying rates of smoking.[MORE]
UK considers teen smoking crackdown
The British Government is considering banning cigarette machines and forcing manufacturers to sell cigarettes in plain boxes with no branding.[MORE]
NT wins dirty ashtray for 3rd year running
The Northern Territory has taken out this year's dirty ashtray award for the Government's poor performance in reducing smoking rates.[MORE]
Just one childhood puff can hook a smoker
Tasmanian research shows that children who experiment with smoking just once, are two to three times more likely to be a regular smoker as an adult.[MORE]
Taskforce chair warns of 'diabesity' epidemic
The head of a new Federal Government taskforce says he is hopeful dramatic increases in obesity can be turned around within the next decade.[MORE]
Call for increased cigarette tax
The chairman of the National Preventative Health Taskforce says Australia should be looking at an increased excise on tobacco.[MORE]
Drug use 'costing Australians $56b a year'
A new report shows tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use is costing Australians more than $56 billion a year.[MORE]
Push to ban cigarette displays in WA
Health groups have renewed their push for a total ban on cigarette displays in all shops in Western Australia.[MORE]
Anti-smoking program targets Bendigo teens
An education program is aiming to deter teenagers from smoking with talks by people who have had their voice boxes removed because of cancer.[MORE]
Tobacco could kill more than 1 billion this century: WHO
A new World Health Organisation (WHO) report reveals tobacco use could kill more than 1 billion people around the world this century unless governments and civil society quickly act to reverse the epidemic.[MORE]
Pregnant women urged to quit smoking on World Cancer Day
Tasmania's Cancer Council has used World Cancer Day to renew calls for pregnant women to stop smoking.[MORE]
Tobacco, poverty drive cancer in developing world
Experts are predicting rising tobacco use and poverty will fuel cancer across the developing world, more than doubling the number of new cases to 27 million by 2050.[MORE]
Tas average weekly earnings up, but we're fatter
Average weekly earnings in Tasmania have jumped by more than 6% in the past 12 months.[MORE]
Nearly 40pc of smokers mentally ill: SANE
A mental health lobby group is calling for more support to help people with mental illnesses quit smoking.[MORE]
Apathy stubs out smokes campaign
A scheme aimed at catching ACT retailers selling cigarettes to underage smokers by using teenagers to entrap them, has stalled because nobody has signed up.[MORE]
Tougher cigarette machine laws for SA
There are to be tighter controls on cigarette vending machines in South Australia, to discourage underage smokers.[MORE]
SA Govt highlights new smoking bans
There have been 40 fines or cautions issued since a ban started in South Australia on smoking in cars when a child is present.[MORE]
Concerns raised over drinking and smoking in rural Tas
The National Heart Foundation is dismayed by figures showing rural Tasmanians spend more on alcohol and tobacco than households in any other state.[MORE]
