Learn about smoking and tobacco
Find out about smoking and tobacco – what they are and how they can affect you.
Learn about vaping and e-cigarettes
Vaping, or using e‑cigarettes, is sometimes used as a way to quit smoking, but there's limited evidence to show that they help – or are safe.
Effects of smoking
Discover how smoking and tobacco can affect your health and the health of those around you. Understand the impact on your finances.
Laws in Australia
Learn about Australia's e-cigarette, smoking and tobacco laws, including advertising bans, plain packaging conditions and regulations for supplying vapes.
How to quit
Quitting smoking or vaping can be tough, but getting the right support will help make quitting easier.
Tobacco control
Learn about the laws that control the sale and advertising of tobacco products. Find out about plain packaging and the health warnings that must be used.
Register for updates
Get updates about the new Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Act 2023.
National Tobacco Strategy 2023–2030
A strategy to improve the health of all Australians by reducing the prevalence of tobacco use and its associated health, social, environmental and economic costs, and the inequalities it causes.
Browse smoking, vaping and tobacco for
Pregnant women
Not smoking is the safest option when you're pregnant or breastfeeding.
Young people and smoking
What are the risks to your health and how to say 'no' to smokes. Learn what you can do as a parent or teacher.
Young people and vaping
Vapes are not safe for young people. Find out what you need to know and how to get help to quit.
Children
What are the risks of smoking around your children and what you can do as a parent or carer.
First Nations peoples
Find out what resources are available to reduce smoking in these communities.
Quitline
National Cessation Platform
The National Cessation Platform contains a range of information, tools, resources and links to direct you to the best support mechanisms to assist you to quit smoking and vaping.
Did you know?
10.6%
of adults were daily smokers in 2022
11.8
cigarettes are smoked by daily smokers per day (on average)
79.2%
of young people aged 18 to 24 have never smoked
14.4%
of adults have vaped at least once in their life
6.8%
of young people aged 15 to 17 currently vape
38%
of young people aged 18 to 24 have vaped at least once
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics – National Health Survey, 2022
Resources
Resources
Critical Banter Podcast – NY Resolutions
Critical Banter Podcast – Things to do instead of Vaping
There are tools and support to help you quit smoking and vaping – social media tile
