Booze and tobacco taking Qld toll: report

A Queensland report has found more than 65,000 people are admitted to hospital each year for causes involving tobacco, alcohol and other drugs

Ambulances outside a Melbourne hospital

(AAP) Source: AAP

Each year more than 65,000 Queenslanders are being admitted to hospitals for symptoms related to alcohol, tobacco or other drugs, discussion paper says.

The Queensland Mental Health Commission paper, released on Tuesday, also found those factors contribute to the deaths of more than 4000 people in the state annually.

"While harm from illegal drugs can be significant, tobacco and alcohol are the drugs most used in Queensland and responsible for the most harm," Mental Health Commissioner Dr Lesley van Schoubroeck.


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