A FORUM in Hobart today is investigating new approaches to tackle Tasmania's continued high smoking rates.
Opening the "A Smoke-Free Community -- Is It Possible?" forum at the University of Tasmania this morning, Health Minister Michelle O'Byrne said the state's smoking rates remained too high.
Speakers at today's forum include Cancer Council Victoria CEO Todd Harper, Australian Council on Smoking and Health president Professor Mike Daube, ASH Australia chief executive Anne Jones, and local experts from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre.
"This forum will help shape change and policy formation around tobacco control and prevention for many years to come," Ms O'Byrne said in a statement."It's being held as part of the Australian Government's program to promote public interest in and action on tobacco control -- something Tasmania strongly supports.
"The recent Australian Health Survey results were yet another wake-up call for Tasmanians, showing only a slight decrease in the state's smoking rate.
"We are making some in-roads, but the number of Tasmanians still smoking remains unacceptably high."
Ms O'Byrne said the State Government had moved to reduce smoking in many public areas.
She cited the new ban on smoking between the flags on patrolled beaches, adding to earlier bans in locations like bus malls, playgrounds and sport grounds.
"For the first time this year, Carols by Candlelight services will be smoke-free, sending a clear message to our children that they can enjoy themselves without being exposed to second-hand smoke."
Read Elizabeth Lord's story in tomorrow's Mercury.
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