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HISTORICAL FACTS: Quit - The Untold Story

'Mixed message': financial hurdle to quitting smoking

A thriving illegal tobacco market is making it cheaper for some people to keep smoking than quit, prompting calls for more affordable nicotine replacements.

AAP · Apr 8

‘Charli xcx Made It Cool Again’: Are We Seeing A Smoking Resurgence?

Smoking seems to have increased in pop-culture and now we're see a rise at home. Are they connected and how do we get our numbers back down?

Pedestrian.tv · Nov 17, 2025

Unfiltered warnings aim to shock smokers into quitting

Confronting new health warnings will appear on individual cigarettes as a range of mandatory changes to tobacco products take effect.

AAP · Mar 31, 2025

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Number attempting to quit vaping doubles, Quitline data shows

Quitline Victoria data shows 14% of vaping clients attempted to quit in 2024 first quarter – twice the amount as last year

The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2024

Vaping promotion at shops and on social media exposing young Australians to practice, study finds

Results fly in face of general ban on e-cigarette advertising and come as number of vape stores continues to increase

The Guardian - AU · Oct 25, 2023

Albanese government to raise tobacco tax by 5% a year to make smoking ‘more unattractive’

Health minister announces new tax measures shortly after revealing sweeping reforms to crack down on vaping

The Guardian - AU · May 2, 2023

Young People Are Using Cigarettes To Quit Vapes, Threatening Decades Of Anti-Tobacco Progress

Vape addiction rates among young people have risen so much that cigarette smoking rates are starting to lift too, after decades of declines.

Pedestrian.tv · Dec 6, 2022

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‘Unprecedented’: teens as young as 13 calling Quitline for help with their vaping addiction

Exclusive: director of Quit Victoria says new data reveals ‘people are struggling badly’ with addiction to e-cigarettes

The Guardian - AU · Oct 26, 2022

Smoking was costing me $1,000 a month by the end. But that’s not why I quit

I needed to pay the mortgage for my mother’s home. But even with that incentive, I couldn’t quit until my mental health was sorted

The Guardian - AU · Aug 23, 2022

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