From the 1st of July 2025, tobacco products sold in Australia will change. These changes are designed to make smoking less appealing and help more people to quit.
What’s changing?
Australia’s recent changes to tobacco product regulation are part of our commitment to the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) – the landmark global public health agreement aimed at reducing the health, social, environmental, and economic harms of commercial tobacco use. The FCTC is a legally binding agreement and since signing the treaty in 2003, Australia has committed to take strong action.
The TIS program is an important part of meeting these obligations. It supports the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through culturally safe health promotion activities that provide education about the benefits of not smoking and vaping to prevent uptake and encourage quitting – actions strongly aligned to WHO recommendations.
Click on the thumbnail to the right to read and download the factsheet on the changes to tobacco products.
For more of Connie the Clever Cockie’s updates, visit the Tobacco Control News page.
