1. ‘Total ban’: could this be the last generation of smokers?

    ‘Total ban’: could this be the last generation of smokers?

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    Associate Professor Marita Hefler says It’s a lazy argument to say that ‘prohibition never works’ or to use the US experiment from the 1920s or even the ‘war on drugs’ as evidence.

  2. Voice of Islam | World Health Day 2022: Our Planet and our Health - Impacts of smoking

    Voice of Islam | World Health Day 2022: Our Planet and our Health - Impacts of smoking

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    Professor Marita Hefler was a guest on the program to discuss tobacco’s effects on human health and the environment.

  3. Push for Australian government to ban cigarette retail sales

    Push for Australian government to ban cigarette retail sales

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    Senior Researcher Menzies School of Health Research, Dr Marita Hefler, says tobacco availability should be “drastically reduced”.

  4. Expert calls for complete cigarette ban in 10 years time

    Expert calls for complete cigarette ban in 10 years time

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    Senior Researcher at the Menzies School of Health Research Dr Marita Hefler says there also needs to be a plan in place to help retailers deal with declining cigarette sales.

  5. Media Statement | World No Tobacco Day: Time for governments to phase out cigarette sales

    Media Statement | World No Tobacco Day: Time for governments to phase out cigarette sales

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    This World No Tobacco Day, 148 health organisations have signed an open letter calling on governments to work towards phasing out commercial cigarette sales.

  6. LETTER: 148 ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR PHASING OUT SALES OF COMBUSTIBLE TOBACCO PRODUCTS

    LETTER: 148 ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR PHASING OUT SALES OF COMBUSTIBLE TOBACCO PRODUCTS

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    The lessons learned in 2020 from the bold actions taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic provide an opportunity to consider equally bold actions that will be required to tackle other global health pandemics.

  7. Restricting sales to pharmacies proposed

    Restricting sales to pharmacies proposed

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    The Centre for Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame (CREATE) will involve researchers from 11 institutions with the aim of phasing out smoking for good.

  8. No stigma for smoking among Yolngu people in East Arnhem Land

    No stigma for smoking among Yolngu people in East Arnhem Land

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    A public health study into the effectiveness of tobacco control strategies in East Arnhem Land has found no evidence of smoking-related stigma among Yolngu people.

  9. The tobacco industry in the time of COVID-19: time to shut it down?

    The tobacco industry in the time of COVID-19: time to shut it down?

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    The world will emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic changed. Phasing out cigarette sales would be an enormous long-term gain for public health.

  10. NT's high smoking rate sparks calls to ease vaping laws

    NT's high smoking rate sparks calls to ease vaping laws

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    Menzies School of Health head of tobacco research David Thomas said there simply was not enough evidence about the potential health benefits.

  11. NT News | NT Government events to go completely smoke free

    NT News | NT Government events to go completely smoke free

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    NT Tobacco Control Action Committee chairman David Thomas said the plan placed special emphasis on reducing harm for Aboriginal Territorians, who suffered the greatest burden from tobacco use.

  12. Territorians Health a Priority as new Tobacco Action plan launched on World No-Tobacco Day

    Territorians Health a Priority as new Tobacco Action plan launched on World No-Tobacco Day

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    The Territory Government has released its plan to improve the health of all Territorians by reducing the harm caused by tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke, and to prevent uptake by young people.

  13. NT News | Sharing health message on FB

    NT News | Sharing health message on FB

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    NT News | Sharing health message on FB

  14. Media release | Feel-good social media posts more likely to encourage healthy behaviour

    Media release | Feel-good social media posts more likely to encourage healthy behaviour

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    Positive health-related social media posts that provide new information are more likely to be shared by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to encourage healthy behaviours, a study has found.

  15. Let’s quit being idiots

    Let’s quit being idiots

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    The time has come to think seriously about the impact smoking has on us - NT News Opinion Jill Poulsen.

  16. Top doctor calls for total ban on cigarettes, switch to e-cigarettes

    Top doctor calls for total ban on cigarettes, switch to e-cigarettes

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    Menzies School of Health researcher Dr Marita Hefler says the rapid evolution of alternative nicotine products, such as e-cigarettes, meant outlawing combustible tobacco, including cigarettes, was now possible.

  17. Call to ban durries in Oz

    Call to ban durries in Oz

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    NT academic says outlawing smokes is not impossible THE rise in popularity of ecigarettes could open the door to a legislated ban on the sale of cigarettes, according to a Northern Territory academic.

  18. Is it time to outlaw cigarette sales in Australia?

    Is it time to outlaw cigarette sales in Australia?

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    In a commentary published in the international journal Tobacco Control, Dr Marita Hefler said “The ongoing availability of cigarettes is an historical anomaly. Any other consumer product that kills up to two-thirds of its long-term users remaining legal is unimaginable.”

  19. Facebook could help lower Indigenous smoking rates

    Facebook could help lower Indigenous smoking rates

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    Indigenous people have the highest rates of smoking in the country, but researchers in the Top End believe Facebook could be the most effective way of helping them quit.

  20. Facebook could help lower Indigenous smoking rates, ABC TV

    Facebook could help lower Indigenous smoking rates, ABC TV

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    Smoking causes 1/5 deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Many social media tobacco control campaigns exist, but there is minimal understanding of their effectiveness.

  21. The evaluation of Northern Territory’s smoke-free prison policy: successes and unexpected results

    The evaluation of Northern Territory’s smoke-free prison policy: successes and unexpected results

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    An evaluation of the Northern Territory’s smoke free prison policy has been published today in the online journal, Public Health Research & Practice.

  22. Jails escape worst link to smokes ban

    Jails escape worst link to smokes ban

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    TERRITORY prisons have escaped the worst of tobacco black markets, violence and low compliance rates that researchers have penned as problems amid smoking bans in southern states, an expert has said.