Guest Editorial: Sustaining action to prevent cancer

Abstract

This issue of the NSW Public Health Bulletin is the third in a five-part series that examines cancer in NSW. This issue highlights the opportunity for prevention through tobacco control and sun protection. Tobacco control and sun protection are areas where public health interventions in Australia have been especially active and effective. In each case, there is evidence of widespread change in behaviour to reduce risk, and consequent improvements in health indicators in the longer term.