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  1. Sleep - children and nightmares

    Your child may have only a few scary dreams a year, or be troubled by nightmares much more often.

  2. Smoking - effects on your body

    Along with nicotine, people who smoke inhale about 7,000 other chemicals in cigarette smoke. Many of these chemicals come from burning tobacco leaf. Some of these compounds are chemically active and trigger profound and damaging changes in the body.

  3. Smoking - quit services for diverse groups

    Resources to stop smoking are available in a variety of languages and are distributed free of charge.

  4. Smoking - quitting tips

    People who successfully quit smoking see their past attempts as practice and experience.

  5. Smoking - the financial cost

    If you want to quit smoking, think about how much of your weekly income is going up in smoke.

  6. Smoking and heart disease

    A smoker's excess risk of heart attack reduces rapidly after only one year of not smoking.

  7. Smoking and vaping - how to discourage your children

    You are a role model for your child - what at you do can influence your child, including if you quit smoking or vaping.

  8. Smoking kills

    Tobacco causes more illness and death than any other drug.

  9. Smoking statistics

    Smoking kills more Victorians every year than road accidents, alcohol and other drugs combined.

  10. Smoking – Quit services for Aboriginal communities

    While the smoking rate in Australian Aboriginal communities is decreasing, it is still more than three times the national average. Smoking is the cause of one in five deaths in Aboriginal communities.