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. 2015 Apr;24(Suppl 2):ii3–ii8. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052048

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Timeline of major tobacco control policies in Australia, 1970s to 2014.

Source: Scollo M and Winstanley M, eds. Tobacco in Australia: facts and issues 2012 using material from Chapters 1, 2 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12A, 13, 14, 15 and 16.

Notes: Health warnings were determined at state level prior to 1996, nationally consistent by agreement. Restrictions on smoking in public places other than in aircraft and airports are covered by state legislation. Antismoking education campaigns have been run at the state level and at the national level commencing with the NHMRC poster/leaflet campaign in the early 1980s.

NRT, nicotine replacement therapy; OTC, over-the-counter; NHMRC, National Health and Medical Research Council; GHW, graphic health warning.