How we’re making a difference
Cancer Council WA is deeply committed to reducing smoking-related death and illness through our comprehensive Make Smoking History program. We actively collaborate with various non-governmental organisations to advocate for policy changes aimed at creating a healthier environment and minimising the harm caused by smoking and vaping.
Through meaningful partnerships, we work towards influencing policy reforms that can effectively combat the detrimental impact of smoking and vaping on the Western Australian community, with a specific emphasis on cancer prevention. Our goal is to raise awareness, educate the public, and drive meaningful change in smoking-related policies, ultimately reducing the burden of cancer caused by smoking.
You can find out more about our positions statements here.
Advocacy
Is secondhand smoke creeping into your home?
In October 2024, we ran a campaign to encourage community members to submit to Landgate’s review of WA’s strata laws, highlighting the impact of secondhand tobacco smoke from neighbours.
Read our letter to the editor below.
Letter to the editor in The West Australian Friday 25 October 2024
Is your workplace smoke and vape-free?
We asked more than 1000 WA workers from a range of industries about their exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke and vape aerosols at work.
Click to see our infographic below.
Safe Work Month Survey Infographic
Vaping Reforms March 2024
You can help end teen vaping
In March 2024, Cancer Council WA ran a campaign to encourage members of the general public to voice their support for a Federal Bill to end the vaping epidemic among young people.
Read our Sponsored Editorial below.
Vaping Advertorial
WA Government action needed to address vaping
Cancer Council WA in partnership with ACOSH and other leading WA health, medical and community organisations are urging the WA Government to follow the lead of the Federal Government to strengthen our laws and improve enforcement in relation to e-cigarettes.
2023 Joint Statement on E-cigarettes
WA must now step up on vaping
Leading health organisations are united in their calls for the state government to step up to end the vaping epidemic among young people in Western Australia.
Read our letter to the editor.
2023 E-cigarette Infographic
Submissions
Landgate – Review of WA’s Strata Law October 2024
City of Stirling – Draft Local Law – Smoke-Free Areas October 2024
Shire of Collie – Smoke-Free Areas September 2024
City of Bayswater – Review of Local Laws August 2024
Regulation of E-cigarette Use in the Workplace July 2024
Federal Vaping Bill April 2024
Shire of Collie Smoke-Free Areas December 2023
Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Legislation July 2023
TGA Consultation on Nicotine Vaping Products January 2023
City of Vincent – Proposed Local Planning Policy October 2022
Draft National Tobacco Strategy March 2022
Reports
Smoke Drift in Strata Dwellings: 2024 Survey of WA Residents
2023 Safe Work Month Survey Report
2022 Community Survey Final Report
Smoking Cessation in oncology settings: 2022 Survey of health professionals
Articles
Media Releases
WA Federal MPs and Senators must support the introduction of new vaping laws
Strata laws must change to protect non-smokers
Cancer Council WA fully supports new WA vaping regulations
Industry sector workers still being exposed to tobacco smoke and e-cig aerosols
Cancer Council WA and ACOSH welcome WA’s first smoke-free prison
Top health experts call for a tobacco free WA by 2030
Cancer Council WA calls on governments to address the ready-access kids have to e-cigarettes/vapes
Cancer Council WA and ACOSH strongly support smoke-free prisons