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> [smoking] places an overall burden on society Are you sure about that?
by tmnvix 10y ago
> [smoking] places an overall burden on society
Are you sure about that?
- chris_wot 10y agoI am sure. Smoking tobacco is recognised as one of the largest preventable causes of death and disease in Australia. Each year, smoking kills an estimated 15,000 Australians and costs Australia $31.5 billion in social (including health) and economic costs. The Australian Government and state and territory governments, through the Council of Australian Governments, have committed by 2018, to reduce the national adult daily smoking rate to 10% and halve the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adult daily smoking rate (from 47% in 2008). http://www.health.gov.au/tobacco http://www.health.gov.au/tobacco
- gkya 10y agoI am. I've had to sit in smoke-filled cafes (nearly all were so) and to take busses and taxis filled with smokers. I have had to passively smoke in billions of public places and there's no opt-out from that. I'm so glad that in my country, Turkey, a smoking ban in public interior spaces is in effect, and I think that's what really reduces the number of smokers along with people learning how harmful it is. I'm not so keen about the effect of raised prices though.