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When Public Health Declares Itself Innocent
ACOSH’s joint letter warns against changing tobacco policy.
8 hrs ago
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The Smoke Has Simply Become Tax-Compliant
When recovering cigarette sales become a policy trophy, we need to ask whose recovery we are celebrating.
Oct 5
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There Is Room to Put It Down
On knowing when to pause, when to speak and when to reach out.
Oct 5
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Journal Entry - What I Carry Forward: Making Peace with the Past and Room for Today
When I look back over my life, I can see how each chapter has left something with me.
Oct 3
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When “Online Safety” Makes Health Information Harder to Find
SHARC’s warning about Australia’s proposed digital duty of care raises a question tobacco harm reduction advocates cannot afford to ignore.
Oct 3
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Your Postcode Shouldn’t Decide How You Quit Smoking
Australia has placed therapeutic vaping inside the pharmacy system. But a legal pathway means little if the person who needs it cannot realistically…
Oct 1
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September 2026
When Tobacco Tax Meets the Cost-of-Living Crisis
Australia’s tobacco tax policy is built around a simple idea: make cigarettes expensive enough and more people will stop smoking.
Sep 30
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30 Minutes with Alan - September Edition - The Human Measure
What Numbers, Rules and Good Intentions Miss
Sep 27
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The Question Vaping Policy Keeps Avoiding: What Happens to Smoking?
For years, the youth vaping debate has been framed around a simple objective: reduce vaping.
Sep 26
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When Falling Youth Tobacco Use Becomes Another Crisis Story
There is something revealing about the way tobacco-control data are sometimes presented.
Sep 25
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The People Missing From Australia’s Tobacco-Control Victory
Australia embraces harm reduction for people who inject drugs. Why does that principle disappear when the drug is nicotine?
Sep 24
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The Question Nobody Asks After a Seizure
When authorities seize cigarettes or vapes, what happens to the people who were going to buy them?
Sep 23
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