ASH Australia: 
Publications 

 
 


ASH has produced or collaborated on these publications and media resources. Latest major publications are at the top.

LATEST PUBLICATIONS


Submission on Lobbying Code of Conduct and Lobbyist Register
Jan 2012: ASH Submission to Senate Standing Committee calls for greater transparency and integrity to limit undue influence of vested interests on MPs. 

 

Smokefree multi-unit housing: a guide for owners, tenants, agents, authorities and governments
Dec 2011: Step-by-step guide to taking action for 100% smokefree flats, units, townhouses, retirement villages, public/community housing.
Secondhand smoke health  evidence, action tips, success stories, personal experience, resources. 


Why alfresco dining should be 100% smokefree 
October 2011 national briefing paper from ASH and 47 other NGOs. The problem of smoking in public dining areas, why they should be 100% smokefree and what needs to be done to achieve this - at state and local government level.


Why gambling areas should be 100% smokefree 
Sept 2011 national briefing paper from ASH and the SmokeFree Australia coalition. The problem of smoking in gambling areas, why they should be 100% smokefree and what needs to be done to achieve this - at federal and state/territory level.




OTHER RESOURCES

Slideshows

ASH and other groups' slideshow presentations on general and specific tobacco issues.

 

Major ASH guides and resource kits

Smokefree multi-unit housing    
Flats, units, villages - for owners, tenants, agents, authorities and governments (2011).

Countering Tobacco Tactics 
Identifying, monitoring, preventing tobacco industry interference in public health (2010).

Guide for a tobacco-free campus
Getting universities and colleges free of tobacco smoke and sales (2009).

Smokefree Outdoor Areas resource kit for local councils  
NSW factsheet kit from ASH, Cancer Council, AMA, Heart Foundation, Local Government & Shires Association NSW. How councils can make playgrounds, alfrescoes, parks, beaches and other council-controlled areas smokefree (2007).

 

Factsheets for:

- Retirement village residents, owners and managers
(2011) - why retirement villages should be 100% smokefree
- MPs and politicians  - spool down to Tobacco Facts for MPs 
- Councils and businesses (NSW) (2010) - on why outdoor dining areas should be 100% smokefree
- Local councils (2007-9) - on getting alfresco dining areas, playgrounds and other crowded outdoor areas smokefree
- Protecting Children from Tobacco (2007-10) - from smoke and promotion
- Physicians (2005) - how to deal with smoking patients
- National Press Club (2005) - on tobacco industry deception

and on...
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Litigation and passive smoking
- Costs of smoking in Australia prior to 1998

 

ASH backgrounders on tobacco for:

  
         - Politicians   
           - Media 

ASH media

- Media releases and alerts  

(and see also SmokeFree Australia news page)


ASH publications and articles (latest at top)

- In-flight tobacco push ends after outcry (ASH news feature on QANTAS tobacco promotion controversy, Tobacco Control, Feb 2009 - spool down)
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World champion branded "pusher" (ASH article on Casey Stoner's tobacco sponsorship in Tobacco Control, Nov 2008 - spool down)  
- The deadly workplace hazard that doesn't rate a mention (SmokeFree Australia on secondhand smoke in pubs and clubs, crikey.com, 2008)
- WARNING: outdated pack health warnings are addictive - to tobacco companies (ASH article in Tobacco Control, Sept 2007)  
- Pfizer Health Report (ASH/Pfizer booklet, 2005 on Smoking and Health)
- What dentists should know about smoking (ASH presentation in Australian Dental Perspectives, 2005)
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Promoting tobacco to the young in the age of advertising bans (ASH / Cancer Council NSW article in NSW Public Health Bulletin, 2004)
- Passive smoking and the law (2001)
- Smoking and tobacco-related disease in NSW (1999)


ASH (and our coalitions') submissions and briefing papers

- Submission on Lobbying Code of Conduct and Lobbyist Register
Jan 2012 ASH submission to Senate Standing Committee calls for greater transparency and integrity to limit undue influence of vested interests on MPs. 
- ASH to federal political donations inquiry 
June 2011 submission to Federal Joint Standing Committee inquiry.

- Plain packaging of tobacco: Australian government consultation, June 2011: ASH  and  Protecting Children from Tobacco coalition  submissions

- Why alfresco dining should be 100% smokefree  2011 national briefing from ASH and 47 other NGOs to state and local governments. 
- Why gambling areas should be 100% smokefree  2011 national briefing from ASH and SmokeFree Australia coalition for Federal/State/Territory governments.

- Submission to Draft South Australian Tobacco Control Strategy 2011-16
ASH submission to SA five-year proposals (2011)

- ASHProtecting Children from Tobacco coalition  and  SmokeFree Australia coalition submissions to NSW Tobacco Strategy (2011)

- Submission to NZ Maori inquiry into the tobacco industry  ASH, 2010
- Political donations and electoral funding in NSW
ASH to NSW parliamentary Joint Standing Committee, 2009
- The case for 100% smokefree gambling areas 
ASH and SmokeFree Australia workplace coalition submission to Productivity Commission inquiry into Gambling, 2009

- ASH to Queensland Chronic Diseases Inquiry, 2009

- ASH to Federal Green Paper on Political Donations, 2009

- ASH to ACT review on smoking in cars, 2009

- Protecting Children from Tobacco coalition to ACT review on smoking in cars, 2009

- ASH to Western Australian review of tobacco laws, 2009  

- Protecting Children from Tobacco and SmokeFree Australia coalition to Western Australian review of tobacco laws, 2009 

- Development of a National Preventive Health Strategy on Tobacco  
ASH to Preventative Health Taskforce, 2008

- SmokeFreeAustralia submission to National Occupational Health and Safety Review, 2008  (see submission 026)

- ASH to Victorian review of tobacco laws, 2008

- Protecting Children from Tobacco coalition to Victorian review of tobacco laws, 2008 

- ASH/Protecting Children from Tobacco to NSW review, 2008

- Ending unhealthy political donations  ASH submission to NSW parliamentary inquiry, 2008

- To South Australian review, point of sale display, 2006

- To Tasmanian review of measures to protect children, 2006 

- To NSW Parliamentary Select Committee on Tobacco, 2006

- SmokeFree Australia coalition to NSW Parliamentary Select Committee, 2006

- To ACT Smoke-free Areas Review, 2003

- To South Australian Hospitality Smoke-free Taskforce, 2003

- Tobacco control: a blue chip investment ASH / health groups to 
       Australian Treasury, 2001

- To Australian Building Codes Board: 
   Development of disability standard on access to premises 2001
   Note: contains outdated links to a Cancer Council report "When smoke gets in your eyes..."  New URL of this booklet: www.cancercouncil.com.au/editorial.asp?pageid=713

 
 

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