The alarming statistics come just days after the Heath Minister announced a raft of sweeping changes to the country's tobacco laws, aimed at targeting skyrocketing rates of youth smoking and daily smokers. 9News
for Behavioural Research in Cancer , Aussie teenagers are taking up smoking at alarming rates, particularly when it comes to vaping.
Warnings on individual cigarettes, health inserts inside packs and the banning of flavours in vapes and other items are among the new "world-leading" changes proposed by the federal government. He said said the changes are primarily aimed at driving down soaring vaping rates among the nation's youth, while tackling the 12 per cent of Australians who still smoke daily.The statistics come just days after Heath Minister Mark Butler announced a raft of sweeping changes to the country's tobacco laws.
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