Tag: smoking

National NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia in the first week of July each year (Sunday to Sunday) to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth.   This […]

A NSW social housing resident used evidence and advocacy to address third-hand smoke exposure in her apartment.

When Cancer Council NSW set out to reduce smoking rates two decades ago, the team asked a question that would reshape everything: who is tobacco impacting the most and how can we help reduce smoking rates for these groups? What started as a single research study in 2004 has grown, helping thousands along the way. […]

Sydney family successfully obtains legal orders to stop neighbours’ balcony smoking, ending harmful smoke drift in their apartment.

EOIs are NOW OPEN for Community Service Organisations to apply for the 2024/2025 round of the Tackling Tobacco program.

Apartments should be smoke free

Model Smoke-Free By-Law Successfully Implemented in Apartment Complex After Legal Victory and Determination.

Learn what we are doing to address smoking this NAIDOC Week.

Woman with her hand on shoulder of man in a wheelchair.

More support needs to be given to help people with disabilities quit smoking, a new Cancer Council NSW report says.

Young family sitting on the couch at home.

We urge people to quit smoking this lockdown, not only for your mental and physical health, but for that of your neighbours.   

My daily routine includes a good morning kiss from my four year old daughter. Once she’s had her breakfast and I’ve had my coffee, she gets ready for day care and I get ready for work. Then I walk her to “school” and usually I get another kiss goodbye. Yesterday on our walk she noticed […]