Cancer Council NSW acknowledges the difficult circumstances that have led to the decision to temporarily suspend BreastScreen NSW services. We understand.
Bowel cancer is one of the third most common cancer in Australia, but it is also one of the most preventable cancers. You can significantly reduce your.
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Tackling Tobacco assists Neami National in helping people with mental illness to quit smoking.
Although less and less Australians smoke tobacco each year, cigarettes continue to disproportionately impact some of the most vulnerable members of our society.
Australians living with mental illness are twice as likely to smoke cigarettes than the general population, and that rate increases dramatically among people with schizophrenia.
In addition to the health impacts and increased cancer risk, smoking can also lead to financial stress, contribute to cycles of poverty, and make it more difficult to treat existing mental health issues among these groups.
Cancer Council NSW
A landlord was ordered to pay more than $11,000 to a tenant after second-hand smoke from a neighbour made the home unliveable.
Ms Laming and her young daughter had been renting an apartment in inner Sydney. After some time, she complained to her landlord about the smoke from a resident who was smoking in the unit below. She was concerned about the health effects on herself and her child.
The landlord did not take any action, so Ms Laming took her case to the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
The Tribunal agreed with Ms Laming that her unit was not fit for habitation. The Tribunal found that it was not acceptable for a tenant and a child to live in an environment which smelt of tobacco smoke, particularly when the smoke was so strong that it caused them to feel unwell.