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No butts – it’s time to help people with mental health conditions quit smoking

  • Written by Ben Harris, Policy Associate, Australian Health Policy Collaboration, Victoria University
People with a mental health condition are more likely to be smokers.From shutterstock.com

Australians with mental health conditions are more than twice as likely to be smokers as the general population. About 22% of people with a mental health condition smoke daily compared to a national rate under 13%. And the more severe your illness, the more...

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