02/09/2022
To***co causes more illness and death than any other drug. In Australia, smoking kills around 18,800 people every year. This is estimated to be about 70 per cent of all deaths from to***co, alcohol and other drugs. Up to two in three people who smoke throughout their lifetime will die from their habit, and they will die on average 10 years earlier than people who do not smoke.
In Victoria, smoking causes around 4,400 deaths every year – an average of 85 deaths per week.
A survey of Victorians shows that 14 per cent of men and 10 per cent of women aged 18 years and over smoked daily in 2015.
