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A recent paper from the Cancer Institute NSW and NSW Health, published in Public Health Research & Practice, has found that control measures such as tobacco tax and smoke free environments have influenced the decline in NSW youth smoking rates to a record low of only 6.7 per cent.

The Cancer Institute NSW is urging Australians to gear up to protect themselves from our national cancer this Australia Day.

In an urgent bid to encourage better lifestyle habits, NSW Health will continue to push their Make Healthy Normal campaign throughout 2016.

At least one third of all cancer cases are associated with lifestyle factors, so this New Year, the Cancer Institute NSW is encouraging people to choose a resolution to reduce their cancer risk.

The Cancer Institute NSW has committed $500,000 towards researchers at the Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI), who are embarking on a world-first study – mapping the protein structures of all cancer types.

A new study on skin cancer shows the overwhelming costs on the NSW community.

BreastScreen NSW is reaching out to women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities through a suite of three new brochures and a poster now available in as many as 28 languages spoken by women across NSW.

In the latest NSW tobacco control legislation, as of 1 December 2015, it will be an offence to smoke electronic cigarettes in cars while children under the age of 16 are present.

The Pretty Shady campaign is back for its third year since it was established in 2013.

The Pretty Shady campaign is back for its third year since it was established in 2013.