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Unit 3: Australia's health in a globalised world - AoS 2 Promoting health and wellbeing

Quick questions on Tobacco smoking health promotion in Australia for VCE Health and Human Development Unit 3 AoS 2

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What is build healthy public policy?
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Government policy has done the heavy lifting:
What are create supportive environments?
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Smoke-free laws ban smoking in workplaces, restaurants, pubs, public transport and many outdoor areas, making the non-smoking choice the easy default and protecting people from second-hand smoke.
What are develop personal skills?
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Mass-media campaigns such as the long-running Quit campaign and graphic anti-smoking advertising teach people the risks and the skills to quit, supported by services such as the Quitline phone counselling line.
What is strengthen community action?
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Organisations such as Quit and the Cancer Council work with communities and have built broad public support that made tough policies politically possible.
What are reorient health services?
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GPs are encouraged to ask about smoking, advise quitting and prescribe nicotine replacement therapy, shifting clinical care toward prevention.

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