2013 May 31 – Time To Get Rid Of Tobacco Vending Machines
Time to get rid of Tobacco Vending Machines World No Tobacco Day call to end exploitation of vulnerable smokers On World No Tobacco Day (May 31)*, health groups are calling on governments to end the selling of tobacco from vending machines. Health groups ASH Australia, Lung Foundation Australia and the Thoracic Society of Australia and [...]
2013 May 6 – Lung Foundation Australia educates Perth patients on respiratory health
Lung Foundation Australia is coming to Perth. The 2013 Patient Education Day in Western Australia will be held on Wednesday, 15 May and will cover topics to inform and educate patients and carers living with a lung condition. The event is also relevant to health professionals working with respiratory patients. This year, attendees will [...]
Test your lungs on the 2013 Tuffy’s Kokoda Challenge
Once again this year Brisbane retiree and fitness enthusiast, Shane Talbot, will take on the iconic Kokoda Track Challenge in honour of his great mate, Peter Tuffield (aka Tuffy), who is battling lung cancer. Shane is determined to take positive action in the fight against lung cancer and will undertake Tuffy’s Kokoda Trek to raise [...]
2013 April 15 – Lung Foundation Australia educates Canberra patients on respiratory health
Lung Foundation Australia is coming to Canberra. The 2013 Patient Education Day in the Australian Capital Territory will be held on Wednesday, 17 April and will cover topics to inform and educate patients and carers living with a lung condition. The event is also relevant to health professionals working with respiratory patients. This year, [...]
Dr James Markos makes Senate submission endorsed by Lung Foundation – The impacts on health of air quality in Australia
Dr James Markos, Respiratory Physician based in Tasmania, is Lung Foundation Australia's spokesperson in air quality matters. He has made a submission to the Senate regarding the impacts on health of air quality in Australia, which is endorsed by the Lung Foundation. His submission is number 91 and can be viewed on the Senate's website - http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=clac_ctte/air_quality/submissions.htm The actual [...]
2013 March 7 – Future Fund Quits Tobacco
MEDIA RELEASE Lung Foundation Australia has praised the Future Fund Board of Guardians decision to exclude primary tobacco producers from its investment portfolio. At 31 December 2012 [...]
2013 February 18 – Better diagnosis needed for chronic obstructive lung disease
The prevalence of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) in Australian men is among the lowest in the world, according to a new study published in the Medical Journal of Australia today. The study of over 3000 people aged 40 or over, randomly selected from electoral rolls across six locations, found that 7.5% of participants overall [...]
2012 December 30 – Surf Competition Raises Funds for Lung Cancer
The Paul Ebsworth Memorial Surf Competition will be held at Greenmount Beach on Saturday, December 22 from 9am. The competition is in its fifth year now and is raising funds for the Australian Lung Foundation. Paul Ebsworth was a 52 year old man who owned his own business and had never smoked a day in [...]
2012 November 14 – Australians urged to Show Us Your Lungs for World COPD Day
The Australian Lung Foundation are calling on Australians to ‘Show Us Your Lungs!’ and start taking lung health seriously because over 30 Australians die from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) each day1. World COPD Day will take place on November 14 this year as part of The Australian Lung Foundation’s lung health awareness month campaign [...]
2012 November 13 – Breath of Life 2013
Second round is here and once again BREATH OF LIFE is on top of its game, keeping our promise to deliver the best of the best from all reaches of the universe (ok maybe the globe!) We are so pleased to welcome on board the next stellar additions to BREATH OF LIFE 2013 line up! STEVE AOKI – “I’m [...]
