The first ever Aussie Vape Day is on 30 May 2019.
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What is ATHRA?
Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association (ATHRA) is a registered health promotion charity established to reduce the harm from tobacco smoking in Australia. ATHRA’s aim is to provide smokers and health professionals with evidence-based information on safer alternatives to smoking. ATHRA’s broader goal is to encourage the complete cessation of tobacco smoking in Australia.
Get a prescription
If you need help with quitting smoking, visit a doctor near you for alternate prescriptions.
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Videos
Joe Hildebrand explains the science of vaping with the help of Public Health England (3min)
Switch to Vaping - Success Stories (2min 12sec)
ATHRA Director Colin Mendelsohn explains why Australian smokers need legal access to vaping (1min 25sec)
Blog Posts
World Vape Day. Let's celebrate, educate and help others
Posted on May 29, 2020
TODAY, 30 May 2020, is World Vape Day. World Vape Day aims to raise awareness of vaping and encourage smokers…
Vape-friendly Aussie quit guidelines receive WHO award
Posted on May 25, 2020
THE Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has been named as a recipient of the WHO World No Tobacco Day…
Why ATHRA opposes the TGA nicotine amendements
Posted on May 21, 2020
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH has asked the medicines regulator (the Therapeutic Goods Administration) to amend the guidelines for nicotine in…
ATHRA's first Facebook live stream a resounding success
Posted on May 15, 2020
ATHRA’s first facebook live stream was a resounding success (after some minor technical problems!). The video has had over 1,300…
WA 'Nanny State' Inquiry calls for liberalisation of vaping laws
Posted on May 13, 2020
The report of the WA 'Nanny State' Inquiry by the Select Committee on Personal Choice and Community Safety was tabled…
Department of Health signals crackdown on importation of nicotine liquid
Posted on May 7, 2020
The federal Department of Health has asked the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to amend the scheduling of nicotine, signalling a…
Vaping in the Northern Territory. The good, bad and the ugly
Posted on May 6, 2020
The good news. Vaping is on the political agenda in the Northern Territory with the new Territory Alliance Party announcing…
Aussie vapers now able to get nicotine prescriptions
Posted on April 26, 2020
AUSTRALIAN doctors are now providing nicotine prescriptions when suitable for smokers who cannot quit with conventional treatments and choose to…
Board of Directors
Supporters of Tobacco Harm Reduction
Supporters of Tobacco Harm Reduction
Health & Medical Organisations
- Royal Australasian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
- Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia
- Royal College of Physicians, UK
- Public Health England
- British Lung Foundation
- British Heart Foundation
- British Medical Association
- Royal College of General Practitioners
- New Zealand Medical Association
- Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research
Australian Health Professionals
- Professor Wayne Hall, Centre for Youth Substance Abuse, Uni Qld
- Professor Ric Day AM, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology
- Professor David Castle, Psychiatrist
- Prof Ian Webster AO, Public Health, Community Medicine, UNSW
- Professor Steve Robson, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
- Dr Ingrid van Beek AM, Addiction Medicine Specialist
- A/Professor Dan Siskind, Psychiatrist
- Prof Amanda Baker, School of Med & Public Health, Uni Newcastle