The Tragic Regress of Australia’s Tobacco Control Strategy

August 19, 2024 by vapingpost.com

The Tragic Regress of Australia’s Tobacco Control Strategy

Australia was once considered a world leader in tobacco control, successfully decreasing the local smoking rate from 28% in 1989–90, to 11% in 2020–21. In 2003, the island nation signed up to the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to help reduce tobacco use, and has sadly fully endorsed the health agency’s prohibitionist approach. As a result, the nation’s decline in smoking cessation rates has stalled.

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13.00% of the adult population are current smokers. There are approximately 2.6 million current smokers in Australia 15.20% of men are current smokers but only 10.90% of women.
SOURCE: GSTHR

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