Editors Michelle Scollo and Margaret Winstanley
Project manager 4th edition Michelle Scollo
Chapter authors
Chapter 1 Trends in the prevalence of smoking
3rd Edition 2007
- Margaret Winstanley
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria - Vicki White
Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria
Updated 2011
- Daniella Germain and Meghan Zacher
Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria
Chapter 2 Trends in tobacco consumption
3rd Edition 2007 and 4th Edition 2012
- Michelle Scollo
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria
Chapter 3 The health effects of active smoking
3rd Edition 2007
- Margaret Winstanley
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria
Updated 2011
- Section 3.1 Associate Professor Tom Briffa
School of Population Health, University of Western Australia - Section 3.2 Clinical Associate Professor Matthew Peters
Thoracic Physician and Head of Thoracic Medicine at Concord Hospital - Section 3.3 to 3.6, 3.10 to 3.15 and 3.17 & 3.18 Professor Susan Hurley
Bainbridge Consultants - Sections 3.7 & 3.8 and 3.35 Carolyn Ford
Quit Victoria - Sections 3.9, 3.16, 3.19 & 3.20, 3.22, 3.25 to 3.28 and 3.32, 3.33 and 3.36 Bill Bellew
Bill Bellew Consulting Associates
- Section 3.21, 3.23 & 3.29 Ms Tessa Letcher
Quit Victoria - Section 3.34 Ms Kate Purcell
Chapter 4 The health effects of secondhand smoke
3rd Edition 2007
- Margaret Winstanley
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria
Updated 2011
- Carolyn Ford
Quit Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria
Chapter 5 Factors influencing the uptake and prevention of smoking
3rd Edition 2007
- Margaret Winstanley
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria - Lisa Wood
School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia
Updated 2011
- Tessa Letcher
Cancer Council Victoria - Dr Lisa Wood, consultant
- Contributions to sections 5.11 and 5.21 by Kate Purcell
Kate Purcell Consulting - Contributions to section 5.26 by Michelle Scollo
Cancer Council Victoria
Chapter 6 Addiction
3rd Edition 2007
- Margaret Winstanley
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria
Updated 2011
- Wayne Hall and Coral Gartner
University of Queensland
Chapter 7 Smoking Cessation
3rd Edition 2007
- Andrew Ellerman
Formerly Quit South Australia - Carolyn Ford and Suzie Stillman
Quit Victoria
Updated 2011
- Suzie Stillman
Cancer Council Victoria - Section 7.19, Suzie Stillman and Fiona Sharkie, Director
Quit Victoria - Section 7.20, Suzie Stillman and Michelle Scollo
Cancer Council Victoria
Chapter 8 Tobacco use among Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders
3rd Edition 2007
- Margaret Winstanley
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria
Updated 2011
- Anke van der Sterren and Debra Knoche
Centre For Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control, The University of Melbourne
Chapter 9 Smoking and social disadvantage
3rd Edition 2007
- Michelle Scollo
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria - Mohammed Siahpush
Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Updated 2011
- Merryn Pearce
Quit Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria
Chapter 10 The tobacco industry in Australian society
3rd Edition 2007
- Margaret Winstanley
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria
Updated 2010
- Dr. Becky Freeman
The University of Sydney
Chapter 11 Tobacco advertising and promotion
3rd Edition 2007
- Becky Freeman
School of Public Health, The University of Sydney - Simon Chapman
School of Public Health, The University of Sydney
Updated 2010
- Becky Freeman
School of Public Health, The University of Sydney - Assistance in section 11.4 from Indra Haslam and Vicki Tumini
Quit Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria - Assistance in section 11.10 (updated 2012) Michelle Scollo
Quit Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria
Chapter 12 The construction and labelling of Australian cigarettes
- Bill King
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria
Attachment 12A-1 Health warnings
3rd Edition 2007
- Michelle Scollo
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria
Updated 2011
- Section A12.1 (updated 2012) Michelle Scollo, Kylie Lindorff and Merryn Pearce
Quit Victoria - Sections A12.2 to A12.1.8 Caroline Miller
Cancer Council South Australia - Sections A12.2 to A12.1.8 Michelle Scollo
Quit Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria
Attachment 12A-2 Reduced fire risk (RFR) cigarettes
3rd Edition 2007
- Nicole Antonopoulos
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria - Margaret Winstanley
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria
Updated 2010
- Vicki Tumini
Quit Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria
Attachment 12A-3 Smokeless tobacco and harm reduction
- Coral Gartner
School of Population Health, The University of Queensland
Chapter 13 The pricing and taxation of tobacco products in Australia
3rd Edition 2007 and 4th Edition 2012
- Michelle Scollo
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria
Chapter 14 Social marketing and public education campaigns
3rd Edition 2007
- Tom Carroll
Carroll Communications, Social Marketing and Research Consultants; and School of Public Health, The University of Sydney
Updated 2011
- Trish Cotter
Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre
- Section 14.4 with Dr. Sarah Durkin
Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria - Contributions on Section 14.2 from Kate Purcell
Kate Purcell Consulting
Chapter 15 Smokefree environments
3rd Edition 2007
- Kathy Barnsley
Cancer Council of Tasmania; Menzies Research Institute and School of Government, University of Tasmania - Becky Freeman
School of Public Health, The University of Sydney
Updated 2011
- Vicki Tumini and Michelle Scollo
Quit Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria
- Kate Purcell
Kate Purcell Consulting
Chapter 16 Tobacco litigation in Australia
3rd Edition 2007
- Jonathan Liberman
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria
Updated 2010
- Indra Haslam
Quit Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria
3rd Edition 2007
- David Ruschena
University of Melbourne
Updated 2010
- Indra Haslam
Quit Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria
3rd Edition 2007
- Stefanie Driskell
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria
Updated 2010
- Indra Haslam
Quit Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria
Chapter 17 The economics of tobacco control
3rd Edition 2007
- Anita Lal
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria - Michelle Scollo
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria
Updated 2010
- Professor Susan Hurley
Bainbridge Consultants
Chapter 18 The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
3rd Edition 2007
- Madeleine Heyward
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria - Jonathan Liberman
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Council Victoria
Updated 2010
- Madeleine Heyward, Consultant
The editors and project manager thank the following individuals who provided expert comment on various chapters in Tobacco in Australia: Facts and Issues (4th Edition):
- Matthew Allen
- Ron Borland
- Carolyn Ford
- Becky Freeman
- Coral Gartner
- Wayne Hall
- Kylie Lindorff
- Anne-Marie Perucic
- Melanie Wakefield
- Toni Mason
A number of staff from the Cancer Council Victoria advised on the research, writing and publication of this 4th edition. Their good-humoured and tireless support is gratefully acknowledged. Timea Partos and Professor Ron Borland (Nigel Gray Fellow, Cancer Council Victoria) provided data for several chapters. Coral Gartner of the School of Population Health, the University of Queensland also provided additional data for Chapter 9.
Kylie Lindorff, Tobacco Control Policy Manager, Michelle Scollo Senior, Policy Advisor and Fiona Sharkie Executive Director of Quit Victoria initiated planning and obtained funding for the 4th edition of this project. Michelle Scollo managed the writing, review, editing, approval and finalisation of chapters. Merryn Pearce, Policy and Projects Officer Quit Victoria assisted with final production. The writing and production of the 3rd edition was seeded by an initial grant from the National Expert Advisory Committee on Tobacco and subsequently supported by The Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. The 4th edition was funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. The ongoing support of the Department is acknowledged, and in particular the assistance of the Tobacco Control Policy Section.
