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- Smoking and tobacco
Information about smoking including fact sheets on the effects on your body, smoking-related conditions and quitting.
- Victoria’s tobacco and e-cigarette laws
Smoking kills more Victorians every year than road accidents, alcohol and other drugs combined. To minimise the health effects of tobacco on individuals and the community, Victoria has laws controlling cigarette sales and where people can smoke.
- 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.
- Smoking - quit services for diverse groups
Resources to stop smoking are available in a variety of languages and are distributed free of charge.
- Smoking – Quit services for Aboriginal communities
While the smoking rate in Australian Aboriginal communities is decreasing, it is still more than three times the national average. Smoking is the cause of one in five deaths in Aboriginal communities.
- Smoking and heart disease
A smoker's excess risk of heart attack reduces rapidly after only one year of not smoking.
- What to expect when you quit smoking
Quitting smoking is the best thing you will ever do for your health. Withdrawal can be challenging, but it can help if you look at the symptoms as signs that your body is recovering.
- Smoking - the financial cost
If you want to quit smoking, think about how much of your weekly income is going up in smoke.
- Smoking - quitting tips
People who successfully quit smoking see their past attempts as practice and experience.
- Smoking and eye disease
Smoking is thought to be a factor in age-related macular degeneration and blindness.