SMOKING rates have decreased
by 15% since 2010 according to
the 2013 National Drug Strategy
Household Survey.
In addition, only 12.8% of
Australians aged 14 and over
smoked daily in 2013, the data
representing a “triumph of
evidence-based public health
policy” said chair of the joint
Cancer Council/Heart Foundation
Tobacco Issues Committee, Kylie
Lindorff.
SMH reported public health
experts said the figures coincided
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