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"In our opinion, [after taxation] the other two regulatory environment changes that concern the industry the most are homogenous packaging and below-the-counter sales. Both would significantly restrict the industry's ability to promote their products." Morgan Stanley Research (2007)
View Australian antismoking television ads.
Every Cigarette is Doing you Damage
Australia's quit campaign. See also two reports evaluating the campaign prepared by the Research and Evaluation Committee of the National expert Advisory Committee on Tobacco, for Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care: "Australia's National Tobacco Campaign Evaluation Report: Volume Two" published in 2002, which tracks the effects of the National Tobacco Campaign (which was launched in 1997) through to the end of 1998.
Most ex-smokers quit unaided: Read report here: Chapman S, Mackenzie R.The global research neglect of unassisted smoking cessation: causes and consequences. PLoS Medicine (2010)
TV campaigns generate calls to quitline: NSW 2006 data
How many NSW hospitals provide smoking cesstion assistance to in-patients?
QuitTIP Database
The Quitting and Reducing Tobacco Use Inventory of Products (QuiTIP) database is maintained by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. The database does not include all products on the market, however, it lists over 100 products sold in the USA as well as globally. The database includes product name, manufacturer's name, manufacturer's address, product website address (if any), directions for use, warnings and disclaimers, ingredients (active and inactive) and claims. It also includes links to the major evidence-based reviews for tobacco cessation products and services.
Finding the Strength to Kill Your Best Friend:
Project outlining tobacco control leaders' views on the future of tobacco control. Sponsored by Pharmacia Corporation Pty Ltd., who market the Nicorette range of nicotine replacement therapy products in Australia.

