VicHealth statement on outdoor smokefree areas in Victoria

VicHealth wishes to clarify that its advice on smokefree areas in Victoria is still in development.

Plain packaging campaign revealed as a farce on ABCs Lateline

The truth about big tobacco's desperate bid to stop the move to plain packaging for cigarettes was revealed on ABC's Lateline program.

Health organisations fight back against anti-plain packaging campaign

Leading public health organisations are fighting back against a misleading campaign to block the plain packaging of cigarettes.

Plain packaging campaign a desperate bid by tobacco industry

VicHealth CEO Todd Harper responds to a bid by the Alliance of Austrailan Retailers to campaign against plain packaging of cigarettes.

Cigarette Packaging a Stake in the Heart of the Tobacco Industry

Victoria’s peak health promotion agency has today applauded the Federal Government’s proposed legislation to force the sale of cigarettes in plain and unappealing packaging by 2012

Smoking bans work – and here’s the proof

We know that cigarette smoke exposes smokers to horrific health consequences – but this week we have even more proof that banning smokers from lighting up in public areas improves the health of the community at large.

Smoking target points to big benefits

A new VicHealth-funded report finds that an achievable cut in tobacco smoking rates could save up to 5000 Australian lives every year – and result in 158,000 fewer new cases of tobacco-caused illness. There would be almost one billion dollars in economic benefits with the achievable smoking cuts, the report finds.

VicHealth invests in new quit smoking initiatives

The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) annouces an extra investment of $1.5 million in a commitment to further reducing tobacco-related harms in Victoria.  This brings the total VicHealth investment in tobacco control to $19 million over the next four years.