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Postdiagnosis smoking cessation boosts life expectancy of patients with cancer.
Whilst we know that smoking increases cancer risk, and that a large proportion of newly diagnosed patients with cancer currently smoke, what impact does smoking cessation at the time of cancer diagnosis have on a patient’s life expectancy?
Research
Posted 14 Feb, 2025
Smoking contributes to health inequality in Australia
The Tobacco in Australia: Facts & Issues team, based at Cancer Council Victoria, analysed data from the 2022-2023 National Drug Strategy Household Survey and recently reported that the prevalence of smoking among people experiencing chronic health conditions was consistently higher in those from lower compared to higher socioeconomic areas.
Research
Posted 30 Jan, 2025
Research finds every cigarette shortens life expectancy by about 20 minutes.
Smoking a single cigarette reduces life expectancy by about 20 minutes, according to a new analysis by researchers from the University College London.
Research
Posted 23 Jan, 2025
Quit Centre Quarterly Newsletter - December 2024
Read our summer edition of Quit Centre Quarterly.
Newsletter
Posted 18 Dec, 2024