Australian Healthcare: Politics, Policies, and Tobacco Control

This report provides an overview of the politics and policies concerning tobacco control within the Australian healthcare system. It begins by outlining the background of tobacco control efforts, highlighting key figures and events leading to the implementation of policies. The report then focuses on The Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992, detailing its objectives and specific provisions, particularly those related to the prohibition of tobacco advertising. It discusses the debates and challenges faced during the policy's implementation, emphasizing the ongoing conflict between public health concerns and the interests of the tobacco industry. Furthermore, the report explores the relationship between the policy and health promotion, emphasizing its role in preventing smoking and related diseases. It also examines the impact of the act on the roles and responsibilities of the health and social care workforce, including healthcare workers, social care workers and politicians. The conclusion summarizes the key findings, reiterating the importance of the policy in addressing the significant health issues caused by smoking in Australia, and highlighting the continuing debates surrounding tobacco control.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
BAGROUND ..................................................................................................................................4
THE POLICY .................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
REFERENCE...................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Health care organisation is facing the multiple issues in the prevention and maintenance
of the disease. Such as the peoples behaviour and bad habit's which can highly effects the
tetrameter and which can further causes more disease, in Australia smoking is the very big health
care issue (Barlow, Labonte, McKee, and Stuckler 2018). Smoking is causing cancer and many
more other health care problems, so the Australian government has developed the health care
policy's to privet its consumption. In this report the Tobacco control policies in prospect of
Australian government is considering, such as The Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992.
BAGROUND
In 1980 government of Australia become the pioneer of tobacco advertisements and
promotion control. Early in the 1960 tobacco advertisements was amid to put on the political
agenda by Dr cotter and Dr Nigel Gray. Dr cotter Harvey, was the founder of Australian council
on smoking and health (ACOSH) and Dr Nigel Gray was the director of anti cancer council of
Victoria. For the prevention of tobacco advertisements both Dr cotter and Dr Nigel numbers of
latter's then finally they got representations with government ministers at both state long with the
national level, because of their heard efforts. Then Dr Cray independently wrote the latter the
the 14 different ministers, in prospect of communication under the 7 different government
between the following 20 years. Dr Cotter has produced the series of television actors who was
promoting the tobacco, such as the popular actors along with the comedians parodying the
tobacco advertisement. Then hi enlisted other supporters Novel price winning Victorian
virologist sir. Then in the 1973 ban on the advertisement and in its broadcast was finally
introduced. Advertisement of the direct cigarette on television and radio was decreased and
carried out in gradual basis, in between 1973 to 1976. The health minister, the Hon. Dr Neal
Blewett supported the national tobacco advertisement ban, then in may 1989 all the committee
members and representative of the from all the different political parties, in the parliament
suggested for the prevention or complete ban in tobacco advertisement (Cairney and Yamazaki
2018). Then on 28 December 1989 the smoking and tobacco advertisement act was published.
THE POLICY
In Australia smoking is one of the major causes of death and diseases and this can be
preventable. It can cause numbers of the diseases such as the lung problems, chest illness, heart

disease, stroke and many different kinds of cancer. Almost 15,400 Australian effects by it per
year. Its the priority of the Australian cancer council to prevent or reduces the smoking, along
with reduction of death and illness related to it.
The Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992
The objective of this act is to inhibit the exposers of the teenager, children's along with
manageable population from the tobacco and cigarette advertisement and promotion. Which is
encouraging them continue or start smoking. The Australian government department of the
health has developed guidelines which can helps the public to understand this act and its rules. In
the part 3, prohibition of tobacco advertisement guidelines are divided in between three
divisions. In first division there is the rules or guidelines about broadcasting of tobacco
advertisement, first rule according to section 14 after the 1 July 1993, person can not broadcast
the tobacco adds in Norfolk Island and in Australia. Tobacco advertisement can not be published
in Australia, and if it is going to be published then it should be according to the section 16, 16B,
17, 18, 19, or 20. The offence for prevention of the tobacco advertisement electronica publishing
is that if the person is authorising or publishing something related to the tobacco advertisement
in Australia with any source. Then that person can be punished with 120 penalty units, but
exception for this is that if the advertisement is permitted by the any of sections, such as 16A,
16B,17,19 and 20. then it can not be punished with the penalty. Tobacco is can be display at the
at the place of selling. Individual can promote it at internet if it can be accessible by the public
or by the section of the public in territory or state.
Debates and issues faced the implementation the policy
From the beginning of the development of this act their was the huge barriers for this act
such as the tobacco industry leaders who fights for their right to publish their product at the
market place but, its matter of public health which has to be manage for saving the life of people.
For that government have develop the laws for the prevention as well as for the advertisement of
the tobacco with some limits and rules (Kelly, Wills and Sykes 2017). Now at the present time
every one has to follow these laws, for goodwill of both economical growth and health. Although
its complete prevention is the only way to prevent the life threatening disease in large amount, at
present it just help in the prevention of new smokers development at some level. For the
complete inhibition of smoking related healthcare problem tobacco should be removed from the
world.

Relation of the polices in health promotion
The Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992 is very importantly related to the
healthcare promotion, as it aid to prevent the development of smokers and then aid prevent the
health care cases related to this (Hawkins, and Ettelt 2018). It indirectly work as healthcare
promoter which work little bit in the prevention of life threatening disease. This act was
developed after the hard efforts of the Dr cotter Harvey, who was the founder of Australian
council on smoking and health (ACOSH) and Dr Nigel Gray was the director of anti cancer
council of Victoria, Dr Neal Blewett along with the aid of some politicians. The objective behind
the development of this act was the prevention in the development of new smokers and to
prevent the awareness of peoples about other protects of it. The people who are trying to get rid
of this habit, get introduce with this advertisement then they can again get attracted to have it. So
it is important to make public far from this kind of promotion and this is the part of the
healthcare promotion. This policy is one of the important task of healthcare management and
promotion.
Roles in health and social care workforce
The tobacco advertisement prevention act play very crucial role in the health and social
care workforce responsibility's, and it also help them to get the effective results in the disease
prevention and treatment. This tobacco and smoking advertisement prevention act, impact the
health and social care workers, along with the politicians and other common peoples. For some
workers it make the more responsibility to accomplish and for some workers it aid them to get
success in their filled. such as for the government and health care promoters it make or develop
different task, as they have to publish the polices, they have to conduct the proper checking for
implementation of this law (Hefler and Carter 2019). For health care workers it aid to prevent the
cases of disease where they have to Handel less number people by the reduction of smoking
habits in the public. For social care workers it provide them opportunity to guide and educated
peoples related to the bad effects of smoking and how to prevent this, It aid them to get success
in the management of social health, for health care workers it also work as relax provider from
the cases of smoking disease. For people this can be helpful in the prevention of children's and
teenagers bad habits. This is the debate and conflict subject for the politicians and tobacco
industry, where they have to take the right step for public welfare.

CONCLUSION
From the above study of politics and polices in prospect of the healthcare issues and
promotion. It has been analysed that health care council and directors wear faced multiple
difficulties and straggle for the prevention and policy development of tobacco advertisement
prevention. Which is now applied in the Australia by the aid of politicians too. This act is having
same rules for the prevention of smoking and tobacco advertisement along with some limits of
the sections 16, 16B, 17, 18, 19, or 20. smoking is the biggest issues of the Australian health care
organisation, as it cases multiple diseases and its prevention is important in which this act is
helping the social and health care workers to prevent the cases. Although there is the contentious
Debates in that topic from the side of tobacco industrials and politicians and its running out from
the starting to till know. Where industrial manger comment that they are not adverting to
promote people for starting this habit, they say that they just want to make their user a bout its
variety. But it is more harmful then the alcohol and it should be prevented or removed from the
world.

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