Australian non-profit organisation fighting since 1977 for everybody's right to breathe clean air free from the poisons in tobacco smoke, vaping and e-cigs and fighting against Big Tobacco. Our governments have known since the 1970's that tobacco smoke is dangerous, it can cause lung cancer and triggers other deadly heart and lung conditions including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, asthma and Chron
ic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( COPD). Governments tell us "There is no safe level of secondhand smoke", and yet they continue to allow smoking indoors in prisons and some residential institutions, in dodgy "outdoor" (75% enclosed) areas in pubs and clubs, in theatres on stage, and at outdoor dining areas where the smoke drifts around indiscriminately. They fail to protect residents (especially infants and children) of multi-unit public housing and strata properties by making those properties free from the dangers of smoke drift and smoke seepage. We also continue to communicate the dodgy dealings of Big Tobacco, its influence on politicians, and its cozy relationship with the alcohol and gambling lobbies. With tobacco costing this nation approximately $31 billion in health and related expenses per year, and with approximately $7 billion in excise, do the sums and see that we need to get rid of this curse which continues to kill more Australians than any other single product. Think what we can do with the money saved - we need to fix up alcoholism, obesity, mental health and much more. We must reduce tobacco's stranglehold on Australia.
