Queensland blokes over 50 are set to benefit from a cheeky new cancer screening campaign released today. The bowel campaign, funded by Queensland Health, features Shane ‘Kenny’ Jacobson urging over 50s to ‘make No. 2 their No.1 priority’. The Australian actor is best known as the host of Top Gear and as star of the…

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A statewide survey on smoking could help to clear the air for thousands of Queenslanders affected by harmful cigarette smoke drifting into their homes from neighbouring properties. Cancer Council’s new Everyday Health Survey, launched today, will canvass community views on a range of anti-smoking measures – from banning smoking in multi-unit dwellings to a generational…

New research has found men living with a partner when diagnosed with prostate cancer have a significantly lower risk of death from the disease, and death due to other causes than men without a partner. A Cancer Council Queensland, Griffith University and University of Queensland study investigated the impact of a range of factors on…

The toughest smoke free laws of any jurisdiction in the world will take effect in Queensland today, protecting the community from second-hand smoke and urging existing smokers to quit. Smoking is now banned at public transport waiting points, pedestrian malls, aged-care facilities, specified national parks and at or near children’s organised sporting events and skate…