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Keeping Australian Kids Safe from Tobacco Industry Tactics

May 31, 2024

Why in 2024 are we still dealing with the harmful influence of tobacco companies on our young people?

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Air pollution vs smoking

September 13, 2022

Tl;dr: air pollution and tobacco smoke both cause death and disease, but tobacco causes more of it.

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Tobacco x the environment – a tale of pollution, poison and poverty

May 24, 2022

Quitting smoking could be the next big thing you do for the environment.

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Sex and the ciggie

May 27, 2020

Did you know smoking can affect your performance in the bedroom as well as your fertility?

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The tobacco industry embraces feminism to prey on women

March 9, 2020

The industry has a long history of co-opting women's liberation movements to expand the market. Here, gender equality really means equal access and addiction to cigarettes.

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Filters and other dirty tricks

April 15, 2019

Tobacco companies will use any dirty trick to make their deadly product seem more attractive than it is.

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Big Tobacco's sneaky grip on Formula One

March 27, 2023

Is your favourite team driven by them?

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Call on WA Government to commit to making tobacco control a priority

June 2, 2021

New data reveals that the tough approach to tobacco has saved around four lives a week from death due to lung cancer since 1982

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Big Tobacco companies are finally being forced to cough up

November 26, 2017

Big Tobacco companies in the US have been forced to admit their products cause more deaths than every year than murder, AIDS, suicide, drugs, car crashes and alcohol combined.

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