On Monday, Coroner Olivia McTaggart released her findings into the 2014 murder of Sorell woman Jodi Michelle Eaton.

A forensic pathologist determined that bruising on Ms Eaton's face suggested she had died as a result of asphyxiation.

The killer was on bail for choking his partner when he murdered Ms Eaton.

In her findings, Ms McTaggart noted there was increasing awareness that "non-fatal strangulation, particularly in the domestic violence context, is associated with future serious abuse and fatality".

A spokesperson for the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute said the Department of Public Prosecution's Prosecution Policy and Guidelines stated that assaults involving strangulation and/or choking conduct, especially in cases of family violence, should be charged as indictable assaults, rather than the lesser summary offence of common assault.

"However, even when the seriousness of strangulation offending is reflected by an indictable assault charge, the specific strangulation conduct is not immediately apparent from an accused person's record of prior convictions," the spokesperson said.

"In circumstances where such conduct is often a red flag which indicates a serious escalation of violent conduct in the context of family violence offending, such transparency in the recording of previous conduct is crucial.

"A specific strangulation offence would clearly, accurately and effectively record such conduct."

Alina Thomas, chief executive of Tasmanian family violence counselling service Support, Help, Empowerment (SHE), said it was "disturbing" when clients disclosed instances of attempted strangulation and strangulation.

A SHE counsellor said she saw about one client a week disclosing instances of strangulation and/or choking.

Ms Thomas said she thought it was "a really great idea" to make strangulation, choking and suffocation a standalone offence.

"It [would] fulfill the community education role of telling people that it's serious, and that it will be taken seriously by the police and the courts, both in terms of the victim and the perpetrator in that scenario," she said.

"They're both getting that message that this is a serious red flag."

New South Wales, the ACT, South Australia and Queensland have all enacted the crime of strangulation, choking and suffocation as a separate offence, while Western Australia is considering doing the same.