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Opinion: ‘Vaping a safer alternative for smokers’

‘It is perplexing that Australia remains the only Western democracy to ban vaping’

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29th Oct. 2019 1:10 AM

Vaping is a significantly cheaper alternative to smoking, yet it is banned, Colin Mendelsohn says. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

New health crisis! Vaping scare has made one thing clear

It's become clear that Australia’s doctors and medical community need to focus its efforts and its minds on vaping, writes...

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03rd Oct. 2019 8:10 PM

Cannabis vape pens have become increasingly popular. Picture: AP/Richard Vogel

Wanting to quit smoking should never lead to a child’s death

Australia’s outdated smoking laws don’t just make it hard for adults to kick the habit, they put children’s lives at...

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19th July 2019 7:07 AM

Show respect for elders and pull your head in

SOMETHING stamped into myself and my two younger brothers at an early age was to respect your elders.

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12th June 2018 7:06 AM

New laws could see smoking banned along Cunningham St.

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Where you stand on smoker rights...

Fraser Coast Chronicle readers have weighed-in on the issue of smokers' rights.

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15th Jan. 2018 7:01 AM

Readers have their say on smokers rights.

When is it ok to criticise health choices?

Couldn't help but notice the hypocrisy when a very large (verging on obese) man told off a lady for smoking on the...

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19th Dec. 2017 10:12 AM

Healthy choices? Pot calling kettle black?

POLL: Would you like to see extra holidays for non-smokers?

I THINK it's a brilliant idea from a Japanese company which allows non-smokers six extra days of leave to compensate...

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07th Nov. 2017 7:11 AM

Now non smoking employees get the time they miss out on through smoking breaks made up in holidays.

Dob in a dirty smoker who flicks their cigarette butt!

IT tends to go unnoticed for some, but one thing I cannot stand is watching smokers flick their cigarette butts in...

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01st Sept. 2017 9:09 AM

Take a photo or tell me what you saw and I will continue to expose these grubs.

Reader questions war on smokers: letter

HAS anybody ever looked at, or listened to, the other side of the issue of why smokers smoke? The world is a stressful...

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24th April 2017 9:04 AM

OPINION: Time to treat smokers like the humans they are

Sucking down a ciggie one day, I suddenly felt something wet spray against me. Oh yes, this man had bought himself a super...

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08th April 2017 7:04 AM

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