General Information
Every day about 44 Australians die from a smoking related disease; that's the equivalent of a jumbo jet crashing each week!
Roughly 16,000 people die every year from smoking related deaths which makes tobacco smoking the single largest preventable cause of premature death and ill-health in Australia.
Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of cancer. For example; 89% of lung cancers in Australian men and 70% in Australian women can be attributed to smoking (AIHW & AACR 2004; Chao et al. 2000; USDHHS 2004).
The Cancer Council ACT is committed to reducing the impact of tobacco smoking and reducing its uptake by people in the ACT.
The Cancer Council ACT provides a number of services including information, advice, cessation support for people wanting to quit smoking, and the Quitline (13 7848).
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