Tobacco control

Tobacco control measures

• New legislation for tobacco and other products
  Find out about the new laws that apply to tobacco products and packaging.
• Tobacco product and packaging requirements
  To reduce their appeal, tobacco products must be packaged in a certain colour and not display logos or brands.
• Health warnings and health promotion inserts
  Graphic health warnings and health promotion inserts encourage smokers to quit every time they reach for a smoke.
• Advertising bans
  It's illegal to publish or broadcast messages that encourage the use of tobacco or e-cigarette products.
• World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
  Australia signed up to this convention to help reduce tobacco use here and around the world.

Other tobacco control measures in Australia include:

• our educational campaigns such as Give up for good and Don't make smokes your story
• taxes on tobacco
• penalties for smuggling or growing illicit tobacco
• limits on the amount of duty-free tobacco you can bring into Australia.

Related work

Learn about work we do that’s related to tobacco control.

• The National Tobacco Strategy
  This strategy outlines our national policy framework for government and non-government organisations to work together to improve the health of all Australians by reducing smoking, and its associated harms.
• Tobacco control legislation review
  Learn more about the review of our tobacco control laws, including what we reviewed and the process we followed.