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Latest rates of smoking, vaping and use of other nicotine products in Australia

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare have released the first series of results from the latest National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) focussing on tobacco, vaping and other nicotine insights. Results indicate that the daily smoking rate has fallen to 5.6%, down from 8.3% in 2022-2023 and 19.5% in 2001.

News Research
Posted 24 July, 2026
Podcast: Choosing the Right Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy: Practical Clinical Insights, with Dr Cora Mayer Quit centre podcast cover alt thumb

Podcast: Choosing the Right Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy: Practical Clinical Insights, with Dr Cora Mayer

Quit Insights Clinical Series Podcast with Dr Cora Mayer, Quit Centre GP Lead and practising GP, about key pharmacological approaches to smoking cessation using case studies. We hope this will assist GPs and other clinicians in making decisions about cessation treatment.  

Podcast
Posted 12 June, 2026
Podcast: The Importance of Smoking and Vaping Cessation in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding, with Hao Vo-Tran Quit centre podcast cover alt thumb

Podcast: The Importance of Smoking and Vaping Cessation in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding, with Hao Vo-Tran

A Quit Insights Clinical Series podcast with Hao Vo-Tran from the Royal Women's Hospital, on smoking and vaping cessation in pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Podcast
Posted 5 June, 2026
Podcast: Talking to Patients About Smoking and Vaping Cessation, with the Quit Centre Clinical Team Quit centre podcast cover alt thumb

Podcast: Talking to Patients About Smoking and Vaping Cessation, with the Quit Centre Clinical Team

On this Quit Insights Clinical Series podcast, the Quit Centre Clinical Team discuss how to have the conversation with patients about smoking and vaping cessation.  

Podcast
Posted 29 May, 2026
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Quit Centre Quarterly autumn 2026 edition

Read the latest edition of Quit Centre Quarterly newsletter, with new information, updates and resources for health professionals.  

Newsletter
Posted 28 May, 2026
Podcast: The Reality of Youth Vaping and How to Support Young People to Quit, with Dr Moya Vandeleur Quit centre podcast cover alt thumb

Podcast: The Reality of Youth Vaping and How to Support Young People to Quit, with Dr Moya Vandeleur

Our Quit Insights Clinical Series podcast guest was Doctor Moya Vandeleur, a respiratory and sleep physician at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, with a special interest in vaping and young people.  

Podcast
Posted 22 May, 2026
Podcast: Quitline Explained - What Health Professionals Need to Know, with Quitline Counsellors David and Beige Quit centre podcast cover alt thumb

Podcast: Quitline Explained - What Health Professionals Need to Know, with Quitline Counsellors David and Beige

In this episode of the Quit Insights Clinical Series podcast called Quitline Explained, we were joined by two Quitline counsellors, David and Beige, who gave us their insights into Quitline: how it works, what happens when health professionals refer their patients, and why they should refer their patients. 

Podcast
Posted 14 May, 2026
Podcast: Smoking Cessation in Lung Cancer Screening, with Associate Professor Henry Marshall Quit centre podcast cover alt thumb

Podcast: Smoking Cessation in Lung Cancer Screening, with Associate Professor Henry Marshall

In the first of our Quit Insights Clinical Series Podcasts, our guest is Associate Professor Henry Marshall on smoking cessation in lung cancer screening.

Podcast
Posted 12 May, 2026

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