Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00142:section:3
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3  Objects of this Act

Objects of Act
 (1) The objects of this Act are:
 (a) to improve public health by:
 (i) discouraging smoking and the use of regulated tobacco items; and
 (ii) encouraging people to give up smoking, and to stop using regulated tobacco items; and
 (b) to give effect to certain obligations that Australia has as a party to the Convention on Tobacco Control; and
 (c) to address the public health risks posed by vaping and the use of e‑cigarette products; and
 (d) to combat the trade in illicit tobacco and e‑cigarette products.

Means for achieving objects
 (2) The means for achieving the objects of this Act are the following:
 (a) limiting the exposure of the public to communications, recommendations or actions that may persuade people to:
 (i) start smoking or continue smoking; or
 (ii) start vaping or continue vaping;
 (b) reducing the appeal of regulated tobacco items and e‑cigarette products to consumers;
 (c) preventing the retail packaging of tobacco products from misleading or deceiving consumers about the harmful effects of smoking or using tobacco products;
 (d) increasing consumer knowledge of health effects relating to the use of tobacco products;
 (e) increasing the effectiveness of health warnings on, and health promotion messages in, the retail packaging of tobacco products;
 (f) discouraging people who have given up smoking or vaping from relapsing;
 (g) preventing and reducing nicotine addiction;
 (h) reducing people's exposure to smoke from tobacco products;
 (i) reducing the environmental risks of tobacco products;
 (j) limiting novel developments and emerging innovation in tobacco products;
 (k) limiting the risk of e‑cigarette products becoming a gateway into smoking and the use of regulated tobacco items;
 (l) increasing public knowledge about tobacco products and the tobacco industry;
 (m) establishing the Illicit Tobacco and E‑cigarette Commissioner.