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Deaths caused by smoking tobacco in Australia
In 1998, 19,019 Australians died from tobacco related diseases. ... 4
Deaths from smoking – trends over time
As lung cancer due to smoking usually takes 20 or more years to develop and tobacco usage is the major causative factor, lung cancer patterns in the community are an important indicator of the smoking patterns of earlier decades. ... Rates began to increase in men during the 1930s and 1940s, reflecting a large uptake of smoking among men from around 1910 through to the 1920s. ... 7 Mens lung cancer mortality rates peaked in the early 1980s, and ar
now in a downturn, reflecting declining smoking rates over the past three decades.
Approximate Word count = 563 Approximate Pages = 2.3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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