Plain packaging will hit sales hard, and big tobacco is worried Sydney Morning Herald | 20.4.11 So, the move to cigarette plain packaging will do nothing to reduce the rate of smoking, but it will be a pain in the proverbial for shopkeepers. I’m told this at least once an hour on talk radio, so…
‘World first’ plain cigarette packaging | SMH | 7.4.11 Health groups have backed the federal government’s crackdown on cigarette promotion, but business says the move will be costly and risks legal action from tobacco companies. Under the proposed law, Australia would become the first country in the world to require tobacco products to be sold…
Australians unaware of bowel cancer toll | Sydney Morning Herald | 6.4.11 Just one in four Australians is aware that bowel cancer is the nation’s second deadliest cancer, according to a new survey. The lack of awareness reflects alarmingly slow progress in population screening for the disease, Cancer Council Australia said on Wednesday. “If the…
Kempsey mother pushes state government to introduce new solarium legislation ABC News online | 30.3.11 Kempsey mother [Maura Luxford] whose young daughter died of melanoma two years ago says she is hopeful the new state government will make changes to solarium legislation. “I’m very hopefully with the new state government, that they will look at…