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.
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Vaping is at crisis point in Australia. Please support our fundraising campaign so we can protect your right to vape
Breaking News
Aussie vapers have a temporary reprieve from the attempt to ban the importation of nicotine. Now the real battle begins.
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
Why Greg Hunt's plan to ban nicotine imports and medicalise vaping will not work
Posted on September 18, 2020
GREG HUNT wants to ban nicotine imports and force vapers to go to the doctor for a prescription and then…
Lung Foundation Australia continues to mislead the public about vaping
Posted on September 17, 2020
LUNG FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA (LFA) recently released an ‘E-cigarette and vaping fact sheet’ strongly opposed to vaping. However, the document is…
Katter's Australian Party calls for vaping to be legalised in Australia
Posted on September 15, 2020
WITH QUEENSLAND smoking rates being much higher than the national average and about 600,000 Queenslanders smoking daily, a different approach…
Help us to help you. Support our campaign to save vaping in Australia
Posted on September 11, 2020
ATHRA HAS LAUNCHED a fundraising campaign to ensure lifesaving vaping products remains accessible to Australian vapers and smokers. Please help us…
Health Minister misinformed about nicotine poisoning
Posted on September 5, 2020
NICOTINE POISONING did not double in Victoria from 2018 to 2019 as stated by the TGA and Health Minister Greg…
Adelaide GP quit smoking with vaping and wants to help others
Posted on August 26, 2020
KEVIN MURPHY is an Adelaide-based GP who quit smoking with vaping. Now he wants to help others do the same…
How Kathryn’s cardiologist saved her life – with vaping!
Posted on August 10, 2020
I AM A 67 year-old retired teacher from Queensland. It was my CARDIOLOGIST who told me to vape nicotine, as…
The fake news of a harmful youth vaping epidemic in Australia
Posted on August 8, 2020
RECENT REPORTS in Australian media have raised fears of a youth vaping epidemic that will “addict a new generation of…
Board of Directors
Supporters of Tobacco Harm Reduction
Supporters of Tobacco Harm Reduction
Health & Medical Organisations
- Royal Australasian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
- 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