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Indigenous smoking rates drop but progress is at risk: Cancer Council

Indigenous man smoking

Source: AAP

New figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show smoking prevalence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities has decreased by 20 per cent since 1994, to 43 per cent.



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