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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. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Smoking - quit services for diverse groups

    Resources to stop smoking are available in a variety of languages and are distributed free of charge.

  6. 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.

  7. Smoking - quitting tips

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

  8. Smoking - the financial cost

    If you want to quit smoking, think about how much of your weekly income is going up in smoke.

  9. Smoking and heart disease

    A smoker's excess risk of heart attack reduces rapidly after only one year of not smoking.

  10. Smoking - effects on your body

    Along with nicotine, people who smoke inhale about 7,000 other chemicals in cigarette smoke. Many of these chemicals come from burning tobacco leaf. Some of these compounds are chemically active and trigger profound and damaging changes in the body.

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