An Australian doctor is declaring that surgeons should avoid performing certain kinds of operations on smokers. Considering the risks that their smoking poses during surgery, he thinks they should ...

After an Australian law required that the only thing on cigarette packaging be plain cardboard and health warnings, more smokers stopped liking to smoke and started wanting to quit. As much as the ...

PLAIN packing has proved a real turn off for Aussie smokers who are more likely to think about quitting the habit and find their cigarettes less satisfying. The first research into the controversial ...

Aussie smokers will be reminded of the consequences of the harmful habit beyond the packaging, with the introduction of new warning labels on individual cigarette sticks. The move is one of many new ...

Simon Chapman is a (non-funded) Chief Investigator on a NHMRC 3 year project grant examining unassisted smoking cessation. As smoking continues its inexorable southward journey toward single-digit ...