Smoking in Australia

The Tobacco and Smoking Act has squandered Nunavut’s chance to quickly reduce smoking rates

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Human behavior, Psychoactive drugs, Smoking, Habits, Health effects of tobacco, Health, Drug culture, Tobacco smoking, Youth smoking, Tobacco, Prevalence of tobacco use, Smoking in Australia

High tobacco use prevalence has caused Nunavut to have the highest rates of lung cancer in Canada.

Key Points: 
  • High tobacco use prevalence has caused Nunavut to have the highest rates of lung cancer in Canada.
  • Tobacco use in Nunavut remains a health crisis, with 1 in 5 deaths caused by smoking.
  • Youth smoking rates may also increase as found recently by the Yale School of Public Health Study, which tracked an increase in youth smoking rates following the flavour ban in San Francisco.
  • An opportunity to reduce smoking rates faster than previously thought possible has been squandered.

Significant Challenges in Meeting Australia's Smoking Reduction Target by 2025, Based on Current Trends in Smoking Prevalence Decline

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Smoking, Prevalence of tobacco use, Tobacco, Aboriginal Australians, Indigenous Australians, Health effects of tobacco, Smoking in Australia, Indigenous health in Australia

The overall smoking rate in Australia is now 15.1%, although it differs significantly by level of socio-economic disadvantage, with the most disadvantaged Australians struggling with much higher smoking rates.

Key Points: 
  • The overall smoking rate in Australia is now 15.1%, although it differs significantly by level of socio-economic disadvantage, with the most disadvantaged Australians struggling with much higher smoking rates.
  • The smoking rate in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander also remains significantly above the national average.
  • Overall, the rate of decline in Australia over the 2015-18 period has been well behind the decline in the UK, US and NZ.
  • Based on current trends in smoking prevalence decline, achieving the recently announced target of 10% daily smokers by 2025 will be very challenging.

Significant Challenges in Meeting Australia's Smoking Reduction Target by 2025, Based on Current Trends in Smoking Prevalence Decline

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Smoking, Prevalence of tobacco use, Tobacco, Aboriginal Australians, Indigenous Australians, Health effects of tobacco, Smoking in Australia, Indigenous health in Australia

The overall smoking rate in Australia is now 15.1%, although it differs significantly by level of socio-economic disadvantage, with the most disadvantaged Australians struggling with much higher smoking rates.

Key Points: 
  • The overall smoking rate in Australia is now 15.1%, although it differs significantly by level of socio-economic disadvantage, with the most disadvantaged Australians struggling with much higher smoking rates.
  • The smoking rate in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander also remains significantly above the national average.
  • Overall, the rate of decline in Australia over the 2015-18 period has been well behind the decline in the UK, US and NZ.
  • Based on current trends in smoking prevalence decline, achieving the recently announced target of 10% daily smokers by 2025 will be very challenging.