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Australia's smoking rates hit historic low despite illicit tobacco concerns
Friday, 17 Jul 2026
  • News

Australia’s smoking rate has reached its lowest level on record, with new results from the country’s most trusted national survey showing fewer people are smoking than ever before.

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ANU Three Minute Thesis 2026
Monday, 13 Jul 2026
  • Impact story
  • News

Three NCEPH PhD students reflect on what happens when years of research must become a story that anyone can understand.

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ANU researchers hosted a co-design workshop at ANU with representatives from community organisations and people with lived experience to discuss future research on women’s health and Long COVID. Image: Calo Huang/ANU
Monday, 29 Jun 2026
  • News

Research on the impact of Long COVID and women's health in migrant and refugee communities in the ACT will change thanks to a new co-design process held at ANU.

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MAE Scholar Zac Doan
Monday, 15 Jun 2026
  • Student profile

A COVID-era "couch epidemiologist" turned his curiosity into a career in public health. MAE scholar Zac Doan reflects on his journey from biomedical science to the WHO Western Pacific regional emergency response team.

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Quit smoking for your brain health. Image: Make Smoking History
Thursday, 04 Jun 2026
  • Explainer

Cancer Council WA has launched a new campaign with a focus on brain health, following alarming research revealing people who smoke had a 64 per cent higher risk of dying from dementia compared to people who had never smoked.

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Contemporary tobacco and nicotine products, particularly e-cigarettes, are deliberately designed, marketed, and distributed to maximize youth appeal, uptake, dependence, and use.
Sunday, 31 May 2026
  • Analysis and opinion

Youth uptake is a predictable outcome of systems designed to maximise product availability, appeal, and addictiveness.

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Indonesia Australia Collaborative Workshop on Sea Grape Nanoliposome Innovation for Diabetes
Thursday, 28 May 2026
  • News

An Indonesia-Australia collaborative workshop on sea grape nanoliposome innovation for diabetes was held at NCEPH.

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Jennifer Welsh
Friday, 22 May 2026
  • News

A project led by Dr Jenny Welsh has secured major funding of $833,354 from the Australian Research Council.

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A prominent No Smoking Sign amidst the lush greenery
Monday, 18 May 2026
  • News

A coalition of health organisations and individual health experts has come together to Unmask Big Tobacco ahead of World No Tobacco Day.

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