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Australian Labor Govt Budget Smoked Out By Their Own Donors?
by Pippa Starr 26 March 2025 Australia’s War on Nicotine Has Backfired—The Black Market Is Winning, and We’re All Paying the Price! When...
Pippa Starr
6 days ago


CAPHRA condemns WHO's double standard on funding secrecy and consumer exclusion
The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) today condemned the World Health Organisation (WHO) for dismissing s
CAPHRA
Mar 24


ABC Radio Irresponsibly Broadcasts A Misleading Antivaper Activist!
The fear-mongering narrative that vaping will hook an entire generation on nicotine is not supported by the evidence.
Pippa Starr
Mar 10


Vaping Much Better Than Smoking For The Heart! - Study Finds
Among smokers who underwent PCI for coronary artery disease, switching to E-cigarette use (particularly complete transition) or quitting smo
Pippa Starr
Feb 27


A.L.I.V.E. Advocacy Movement Releases Policy Statement Calling for Evidence-Based Vaping Policies!
MEDIA STATEMENT For Immediate Release Date: February 26, 2024 The ALIVE advocacy movement is a collaboration of consumer vaping consumer...
Pippa Starr
Feb 26


MEDIA RELEASE - RE:preventable death of Katie Tangey
The ALIVE advocacy movement is the most active consumer based tobacco harm reduction movement in Australia with no ties to any tobacco or...
Pippa Starr
Feb 18


Vote1 For Tobacco Harm Reduction!
So far the vaping prohibitions have cost the Australian economy billions, between Govt spending, first responders to firebombings and much m
Pippa Starr
Feb 18


ALIVE Advocacy Movement Presents Exclusive Award To Health Minister Mark Butler!
11 February 2024 by Pippa Starr Watch the Video >> A few days ago advocates from the ALIVE Advocacy Movement presented Health Minister...
Pippa Starr
Feb 11


New Zealand’s liberal vaping laws linked to faster smoking decline compared to Australia!
A new study published in Addiction has revealed that smoking rates declined twice as fast in New Zealand as in
Australia between 2016 and 2
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Feb 10


Tobacco & Vape Wars -Is The Carnage Worth It?
by Pippa Starr 29 January 2025 Jews become targets of firebombings and graffiti incidents on a few occasions in this country and it fast...
Pippa Starr
Jan 29


The Cost of Suspicious Minds, Tobacco Harm Reduction Vs Tobacco Abstinence
Australia is caught in a trap they can't seem to get out of, which is causing damage to the reputation of public health, harming innocent bu
Pippa Starr
Jan 23


Professor Marewa Glover: A Champion for Tobacco Harm Reduction!
Professor Marewa Glover is a distinguished behavioral scientist and public health advocate from New Zealand, celebrated for her pioneering w
Pippa Starr
Jan 13


Vapers Need Vaping Areas, Not Smoking Areas or Tougher Laws!
by Pippa Starr 13 January 2025 There has been a worrying trend over the last few years by governments at all levels to treat vaping like...
Pippa Starr
Jan 13


Vape Study Suggests More Vapers Use Vapes With Flavours!
11 January 2025 T"he impact of non-tobacco e-cigarette flavoring on e-cigarette uptake, cigarette smoking reduction, and cessation: A...
Pippa Starr
Jan 11


Australia’s Nicotine Black Market Boom Can't Be Allowed To Continue!
by Pippa Starr January 6, 2025 Australia is now witnessing the fallout from years of misguided policies on tobacco and vaping products....
Pippa Starr
Jan 6


Why Australia’s Tobacco Control NGOs Need Review and KPIs:
by Pippa Starr 4 January 2024 Learning from the UK and New Zealand’s Success in Reducing Smoking Rates Australia has long been hailed as...
Pippa Starr
Jan 4


Cigarette Taxes & Vape Bans Are Now Killing Big Supermarket Jobs!
by Pippa Starr 4 January 2024 From Cooper Pedy to capital cities across Australia, experts and media are finally working out that price...
Pippa Starr
Jan 4


New Survey Reveals Shock New Data About Australian Vapers
by Pippa Starr 2 January 2025 The Alive Advocacy Movement recently conducted a detailed survey exploring vaping behaviors, key...
Pippa Starr
Jan 2


200th Tobacco Fire Bombing Ram Raid Incident In Canberra!
By Pippa Starr 16 December 2024 "A Vehicle used in the ram raid incident on Thursday Morning was set alight in an underpass causing...
Pippa Starr
Dec 16, 2024


I Have A Dream
I have a dream. And in that dream, Australia and the world will become smoke free. We will adopt the best harm reduction measures going...
Pippa Starr
Dec 15, 2024

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