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Quit Victoria and Cancer Council Victoria today welcomed the long-awaited release of the National  Tobacco Strategy 2023 – 2030 on the same day as sweeping reforms to vaping regulation...
Media release
3 min read
2 May 2023
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/quit-and-cancer-council-victoria-welcome-new-national-approach
More than 30 school-aged students will ‘takeover’ Mildura next week to share their stories as part of the ABC’s Takeover Youth Summit.    The summit, which runs from 22 May to 26...
Media release
3 min read
19 May 2023
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/media-releases/young-people-take-over-mildura-may
Monash University, Turning Point and the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) have developed a successful alcohol intervention for women attending breast screening appointments, as part...
Media release
5 min read
31 May 2023
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/media-releases/world-first-trial
A new Cancer Council Victoria report shows growing public support for policy action to limit the availability and use of e-cigarettes. Almost nine in ten Australian adults (87%) want...
Media release
4 min read
22 Mar 2023
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/new-data-shows-australians-want-action-e-cigarette-crisis
VicHealth is partnering with community groups and organisations across Victoria to give 180 local ideas a JumpStart! in creating vibrant, active and connected communities of young...
Media release
2 min read
10 Apr 2023
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/media-releases/jumpstart-sets-68k-young-people-healthy-future
Quit has launched two important initiatives designed to raise awareness of the tobacco industry’s manipulation of products, and to encourage people with nicotine dependence to access support to...
Media release
3 min read
15 Nov 2023
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/media-releases/new-quit-campaign-just-launched
Public health experts and consumer groups have backed moves by the food regulator, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), to safeguard consumer health...
Media release
3 min read
4 Dec 2023
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/media-releases/public-health-leaders-praise-moves-curb-food-industrys-misleading
Health promotion foundation VicHealth is today calling for urgent Government action on vaping, following deeply concerning claims of ambulance call outs to schools published in the Herald...
Media release
3 min read
22 Mar 2023
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/action-needed-protect-kids-vaping-industry
The ABC is calling on high school aged young people from across Greater Melbourne to share a story about their life through the Takeover Melbourne competition. The annual ABC storytelling...
Media release
2 min read
9 Mar 2023
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/media-releases/abc-calls-students-takeover-melbourne
A sculpture in the form of a ‘vape cloud’ is on public display at Scienceworks as part of an ongoing VicHealth initiative to raise awareness about the dangers of e-cigarettes...
Media release
4 min read
6 Jun 2023
https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/news-publications/media-releases/whats-hiding-vape
Artwork by Dexx (Gunditjmara/Boon Wurrung) ‘Mobs Coming Together’ 2022
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Artwork Credit: Dexx (Gunditjmara/Boon Wurrung) ‘Mobs Coming Together’ 2022, acrylic on canvas. Learn more about this artwork.