An overwhelming majority of submissions to a State Government review have supported the creation of powers by which body corporates can ban smoking in units and apartments. As a result, the Property Law Review has recommended body corporates be given the power to ban smoking, protecting residents from harmful second-hand smoke drift. A total of…

Cancer Council Queensland has welcomed the finding of an interstate Parliamentary Committee that there are no legal impediments to implementing a generational phase-out of cigarettes. The finding by a Tasmanian Parliamentary Committee has effectively cleared the way for the state to push ahead with laws banning the sale of tobacco to young people born after…

One third of young mothers under 20 are still smoking in the first 20 weeks of their pregnancy, according to the latest national statistics from the AIHW. The AIHW’s Australia’s mothers and babies report found one in eight women who gave birth in 2013 smoked at some time during their pregnancy. Figures show Western Queensland…

High school students from the most disadvantaged areas of Queensland are almost twice as likely to smoke than students from non-disadvantaged areas, new data has found. Cancer Council data also reveals that compared to students from schools in the most advantaged areas, students from schools in the most disadvantaged areas find it easier to get…

Up to 93 per cent of current smokers started a habit of smoking daily under the age of 25, new research from an analysis of 22 global adult tobacco surveys shows. The data will be presented at the Asia-Pacific Cancer Leaders’ Summit APOCP 8th General Assembly this week, hosted by Cancer Council Queensland in Brisbane.…

Cancer Council Queensland has welcomed Queensland Parliament’s historic approval of the Smoke-free Places Amendment Bill 2015. The Bill will see new bans on smoking at public transport waiting points, pedestrian malls, aged care facilities, specified national parks and at or near children’s organised sporting events and skate parks. Members of Parliament provided bipartisan support of…

Smoking rates among Queensland secondary school students have dropped significantly over the past 12 years, new data shows. The Australian Secondary Students’ Alcohol and Drug (ASSAD) survey* shows Queensland students who had smoked a cigarette in the previous 12 months more than halved from 32 per cent in 2002 to 15 per cent in 2014.…