Season’s Greetings! Cancer Council NSW would like to wish all our advocates a safe, healthy and very Merry Christmas. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for support throughout 2010 via the many actions you have taken around cancer issues. It’s because of people like you, that we can make a…
Smoking ban on hold for a year | Parramatta Sun | 9.12.10 A packed public gallery waited more than two hours for a decision on banning smoking in outdoor dining areas at Monday night’s Parramatta Council meeting. After three members of the public and nearly all the councillors spoke on the issue, councillors voted eight…
Our taxes go up in smoke – you pay for quit-smoking aids | Daily Telegraph | 9.12.10 Taxpayers will pay for nicotine patches and other anti-smoking drugs for addicts wanting to kick the habit under changes to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme. The measure, approved by Cabinet yesterday, will dramatically cut the price of patches –…
Smokers fire up for cafe victory | SMH | 4.12.10 “Ben Dover” is not taking Parramatta’s smoking ban lying down. Neither is “Big Boy”, “Ezy-E” or “Snoop Dog” from “West Side”. They are among 8000 signatures on a petition that helped sway Parramatta Council to overturn its ban on smoking in outdoor dining areas. On…
Home alone: smoke bans spreading to more public places | SMH | 1.12.10 Smokers could be limited to lighting up in their homes as the state government moves to ban smoking in alfresco dining areas, covered bus stops and taxi ranks and sports stadiums. In announcing the latest push to reduce smoking rates in NSW,…