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🥇 Announcing the Inaugural Colin Mendelsohn Medal: Honouring Excellence in Tobacco Harm Reduction
It is with immense pride and emotion that we announce the very first presentation of the Colin Mendelson Medal, a tribute that means more than words can express, and one that we hope will continue to inspire generations of advocates to come.

Pippa Starr
May 14


MEDIA RELEASE - ALIVE Welcomes LNP’s Retail Vaping Policy – But Warns: Excessive Tax Could Send Australians Back to Smoking
ALIVE, Australia’s leading voice for ex-smokers and tobacco harm reduction advocates, welcomes the announcement by the Liberal-National Coalition to regulate vaping in a retail setting, ending the failed experiment of pharmacy-only access.

Pippa Starr
May 2


The Govt's Vaping Policy Could Be Killing Thousands of Australians
Mark Butler's vaping policy could be killing Australians by turning them back to smoking!
The annual death toll has now grown to 24000 Aus

Pippa Starr
Apr 17


Pharmacy-Only Vaping Model Failing as Three-Quarters of Pharmacies Refuse to Stock Products
New data from a survey of 315 Australian pharmacies has revealed the collapse of the government’s Pharmacy-Only Vaping Model, with the vast

Pippa Starr
Apr 8


The Cost of Australia's Tobacco Wars: Prohibitionist Vaping Policies and the World's Highest Tobacco Prices
Australia's stringent tobacco control measures have inadvertently led to a surge in arson attacks targeting tobacco retailers. These inciden

Simon Willson
Mar 4


A.L.I.V.E. Advocacy Movement Releases Policy Statement Calling for Evidence-Based Vaping Policies!
MEDIA STATEMENT For Immediate Release Date: February 26, 2024 The ALIVE advocacy movement is a collaboration of consumer vaping consumer...

Pippa Starr
Feb 26


MEDIA RELEASE - RE:preventable death of Katie Tangey
The ALIVE advocacy movement is the most active consumer based tobacco harm reduction movement in Australia with no ties to any tobacco or...

Pippa Starr
Feb 18


ALIVE Advocacy Movement Presents Exclusive Award To Health Minister Mark Butler!
11 February 2024 by Pippa Starr Watch the Video >> A few days ago advocates from the ALIVE Advocacy Movement presented Health Minister...

Pippa Starr
Feb 11


Professor Marewa Glover: A Champion for Tobacco Harm Reduction!
Professor Marewa Glover is a distinguished behavioral scientist and public health advocate from New Zealand, celebrated for her pioneering w

Pippa Starr
Jan 13


New Survey Reveals Shock New Data About Australian Vapers
by Pippa Starr 2 January 2025 The Alive Advocacy Movement recently conducted a detailed survey exploring vaping behaviors, key...

Pippa Starr
Jan 2


I Have A Dream
I have a dream. And in that dream, Australia and the world will become smoke free. We will adopt the best harm reduction measures going...

Pippa Starr
Dec 15, 2024


MEDIA PRESS RELEASE - ALIVE
July 3, 2024 A GROWING NEW MOVEMENT OF VAPERS ARE PUSHING BACK ON NEW GOVERNMENT LAWS ON VAPING To be clear we are NOT a front group...

Pippa Starr
Jul 4, 2024

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