Doctors: Nicotine doesn’t kill smokers, burning tobacco does

Australia has long been considered a world leader in tobacco control; the country’s smoking rates have dropped by nearly 10 percent over the past two decades.

“But for the first time, from 2013 to 2016, adult-smoking rates in Australia have stalled despite our very strict tobacco control laws. In other countries, such as the UK and US where e-cigarettes are widely available, smoking rates are falling. We think tobacco-harm reduction is playing a role in these countries,” Mendelsohn noted.

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