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News from Australia says, over 3.5 million Australians aged 14 or over vape or smoke.
"The new findings showing trends of rising smoking in 14-17 year olds for the first time in more than two decades, alongside increasing vaping, are alarming and exactly what we didn't want to see."
- Professor Emily Banks.
Following the receipt of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australian research grant,
SPARKE Research Collaboration has formed!
World No Tobacco Day 2023!
The 31st May 2023 is World No Tobacco Day, find out more from the World Health Organisation.
Australia to ban recreational vaping in major public health move
2nd May 2023
Vaping likely to cause cancer: New findings
"“To our knowledge, this review is the most definitive determination that those who vape are at increased risk of cancer compared to those who don’t.”
— Professor Bernard Stewart.
Terry Slevin on world No Tobacco Day 2026
Our CEO Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin spoke with Prue Bentley on ABC Victoria Statewide yesterday to inject some common sense into the tobacco discussions which have again flared up this week.
— Public Health Association of Australia
'A complex cocktail of chemicals':
Calls for a crackdown on vapes as teen use rises
NSW parents report alarming rise of e-cigarette poisoning in young children
Stronger, strictly enforced regulation needed on vaping
