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1. Develops personal skills

   • Provides info regarding tobacco smoking
     • Achieved through a mass advertising campaign and via downloadable info on their website.
   • provides info on benefits of not smoking

2. Creates a supportive environment

   • Provides personalised counselling for those who want to stop smoking
     • Quitline is quits telephone service that individuals can use to receive advice
     • Online services are also available

3. Strengthens community action

   • Assist health professionals, community groups and various population groups to develop anti smoking strategies
   • provides specialist training for health professionals and funding to community and population groups
     • these groups include indigenous australians, those experiencing health issues, ethnic and multicultural groups, schools, workplaces and enterntaining venues.

4. Healthy public policies

   • developed in conjuction with state governments
   • policies include laws relating to smoking in public places, tobacco advertising and the display of cigarettes in retail outlets

5. Reorients health services

   • Invests millions of dollars in smoking prevention research
     • Research provides best practice techniques for preventing people from starting smoking and assisting smokers to quit.
       • in turn reduces incidence of many illnesses such as cancer and cardiovascular disease.