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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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Senate Inquiry Report

The Senate Select Committee on Tobacco Harm Reduction’s report has now been published.

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Videos

Rachael's story. How a former nurse quit with vaping (6min 30sec)
Michael Johnsen MP tells his story of quitting smoking with vaping (4min 01sec)
The Science Behind Vaping Explained (3min 05sec)
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Blog Posts

  • Post imageWhy you should Stop Smoking and Start Vaping
    Posted on December 10, 2021
    Vaping is Australia’s most popular and most effective quitting aid for smokers. However, there is so much conflicting information. Is…
  • Post imageThe Journey After October 1
    Posted on May 28, 2021
    From October 1, 2021, nicotine liquid for vaping will be officially ‘schedule 4 prescription only medicine’. How does that affect…
  • Post imageA new year’s resolution for Australia
    Posted on January 22, 2021
    Quitting cigarettes is one of the most popular resolutions for the new year. But an overwhelming majority of Australia’s 3…
  • Post imageWA People support legalising vaping
    Posted on November 30, 2020
    In this modern age, petitions which legally require people to sign a piece of paper seem archaic. They are also…
  • Post imageClaim that vaping lacks evidence for quitting is misleading and wrong
    Posted on November 9, 2020
    IN A SUBMISSION to the Senate Inquiry into Tobacco Harm Reduction, Professor Emily Banks claims that there is insufficient evidence…
  • Post imageVaping numbers soar as Australia falls further behind the pack, Report
    Posted on November 4, 2020
    BURNING ISSUES, the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction report published today provides the latest information on safer nicotine products…
  • Post imageMichael Johnsen MP's campaign to make nicotine vaping liquid a consumer product in NSW
    Posted on November 1, 2020
    MICHAEL JOHNSEN, Member for the Upper Hunter in the NSW Parliament is putting public health ahead of politics and is…
  • Post imageIntroducing ATHRA's FAQs. How to fact check spurious claims on vaping
    Posted on October 28, 2020
    TO ADDRESS THE RAMPANT MISINFORMATION about vaping nicotine, ATHRA has prepared an evidence-based up-to-date FAQ with an Australian focus, available…
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Board of Directors

Supporters of Tobacco Harm Reduction

  • Dr Joe KosterichChairman
    General Practice
  • Dr Alex Wodak AMAddiction Medicine Specialist
  • Dr Colin MendelsohnFounding Chairman and adviser. Stepped down from Board Jan 2021.

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
  • New Zealand Medical Association
  • Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research
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  • 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
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  • Email: info@athra.org.au
  • Phone: +61 411 130 372
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