At ACOSH, we will keep you up to date with the latest developments in reducing smoking and vaping including exposing the shady practices of the industry in Australia and around the world.
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Fewer Australians smoking, but illicit trade needs tougher measures
Fewer Australians smoking, but illicit trade needs tougher measures New data from the 2025 National Drug Strategy Household Survey show that daily smoking among Australians aged 14 and over fell to...
Health bodies unite to expose big tobacco’s push for tax cuts that would reverse 25 years of progress
Health bodies unite to expose big tobacco’s push...
Health advocates slam decision to let tobacco industry give secret briefing
Health advocates slam decision to let tobacco...
Big Tobacco’s big decoy: the 66 daily deaths today’s Senate Hearing must not ignore
Big Tobacco’s big decoy: the 66 daily deaths...
Illegal tobacco: New Illicit Tobacco Ladder shows which states are up for the tackle and which are still on the bench
Illegal tobacco: New Illicit Tobacco Ladder...
Australians agree there are too many shops selling tobacco in Australia — and they want governments to lift the bar
Australians agree there are too many shops...
WA public strongly backs tough new laws to shut down illicit tobacco and vape shops
WA public strongly backs tough new laws to shut...
ACOSH backs tough new WA laws targeting illicit tobacco and vapes
ACOSH backs tough new WA laws targeting illicit...
Big tobacco tax tantrums lead to dirty ashtray gongs
Big tobacco tax tantrums lead to dirty ashtray...
ACOSH Applauds Lotterywest for Cracking Down on Illegal Tobacco and Vape Sales
ACOSH Applauds Lotterywest for Cracking Down on...
Cheap, Addictive, and Everywhere — Outdated WA Tobacco Laws Failing to Stop the Illegal Trade
Cheap, Addictive, and Everywhere — Outdated WA...
Failing The Smoke Test — National Scorecard on Tobacco and Vape Reform
Failing The Smoke Test — National Scorecard...
Coalition vape plan a win for Big Tobacco and loss for Public Health
Coalition vape plan a win for Big Tobacco and...
Allies of tobacco industry exposed – Dirty Ashtray and Exploding Vape Awards
Allies of tobacco industry exposed – Dirty...
Hear from Shannon Best the artist behind the Kilung Morunbal Jum, “Death by Smoke” sculpture
Last...
WA GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES STRONGER VAPING
Today, the WA government will introduce new...
New Vaping Legislation a Win for Australian Children and Young People
Media Release Wednesday 26 June 2024 New Vaping...
Why this week’s reform bill must pass without delay
This week the Senate will vote on one of the most important issues facing the health and future of our children and young people – the Vaping Reforms Bill – and an Open Letter published in The Canberra Times today shows the enormous range of community groups and health experts calling on MPs to pass the Bill immediately (attached).
ACOSH Welcomes Gamechanger Vaping Reforms
Media Release Tues November 28 2023 ACOSH...
ACOSH Welcomes Gamechanger Vaping Reforms
Media Release Tues November 28 ACOSH WELCOMES...
ACOSH says YES: Open Letter to the Australian Public – A Voice to Parliament
ACOSH is proud to join over 125 health and medical organisations in support of the proposed Voice to Parliament as a signatory to an Open Letter to the Australian Public: A Voice to Parliament.
Big tobacco & social media receive Dirty Ashtray & Exploding Vape awards
British American Tobacco (BAT) and Meta have been dishonourably distinguished with a Dirty Ashtray award and the inaugural Exploding Vape award at a ceremony in Perth this morning.
Government’s plans to stamp out vaping strongly supported by ACOSH
ACOSH welcomes Minister Butler’s announcement on Government’s strong stand to stamp out illegal vaping…
ACOSH calls for maximum protection for young people in submission to TGA consultation
The Australian Council on Smoking and Health highlighted the protection of young people as the key focus…
Big Tobacco’s Relentless Vape Campaign
Big Tobacco is spending millions of dollars on a relentless campaign in Australia to get vaping legalised…
Triggering change through the decades
Following a change of government in 1983, the Hon. Barry Hodge, who was deeply interested in promoting health…
The truth about vaping
Using e-cigarettes – knows as ‘vaping’ – is viewed overseas as a safer alternative to smoking…
E-cigarette users may be less likely to quit smoking, says a new study
Smokers who also use e-cigarettes may be half as likely to give up tobacco as smokers who never vape…
Cigarette plain packaging comes into force across NZ today
From today tobacco companies in New Zealand will no longer be able to sell cigarettes in branded packaging…