ASH Australia: 
 information for media		  
 
ASH has put together the following resources for the media on current tobacco control initiatives and the costs of tobacco related deaths and illnesses to the Australian community.

Check our latest news in ASH media releases

See SmokeFree Australia smokefree workplace news

See our media backgrounder, "Tobacco in Australia" (updated April 2008)

See our informative tobacco slideshows 

Health effects of smoking
See brief summary (2005) from The Cancer Council NSW - and note that the evidence is growing all the time! Or for a bit more detail, see Australian government 2006 factsheet  How smoking harms your health.

Curbing the Epidemic: Governments and the Economics of Tobacco Control
The result of a partnership between WHO and the World Bank, this report covers key issues that most societies and policymakers face when they think about tobacco or its control.
www1.worldbank.org/tobacco/book/html/cover2a.html


For more info about ASH media: 
contact our Communications Officer: Stafford Sanders
ph. (02) 9334-1823    m. 0412-070-194    fx. (02) 9334-1742
email:  staffords@ashaust.org.au

 
 

 Page last updated on 9/4/08