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  1. Smoking and tobacco

    Information about smoking including fact sheets on the effects on your body, smoking-related conditions and quitting.

  2. Smoking - Understand your smoking addiction (video)

    Do you understand why you smoke. Nicotine addition is only one part of a three part journey to quitting smoking.

  3. Smoking - quitting tips

    People who successfully quit smoking see their past attempts as practice and experience.

  4. Pregnancy and smoking

    Smoking while pregnant exposes a woman and her unborn child to an increased risk of health problems.

  5. Passive smoking

    Passive smoking means breathing other people's second-hand tobacco smoke. Passive smoking increases the risk of serious illness in both children and adults.

  6. Asthma and smoking

    Breathing in other people's cigarette smoke can be harmful to a person with asthma, especially a child.

  7. Smoking kills

    Tobacco causes more illness and death than any other drug.

  8. Smoking statistics

    Smoking kills more Victorians every year than road accidents, alcohol and other drugs combined.

  9. Quitting smoking and managing weight

    You would have to gain over 40 kilograms above your recommended weight to equal the risk of heart disease posed by smoking.

  10. Smoking and eye disease

    Smoking is thought to be a factor in age-related macular degeneration and blindness.

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