Statistics show more young people are taking up vaping, even as the number of daily smokers in New South Wales (NSW) continues to fall.
People over the age of 16 lighting up every day fell from 9.2 percent in 2020 to 8.2 percent in 2021, according to the 2021 NSW Population Health survey.
Speaking on World No Tobacco Day, NSW’s Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said she was impressed some 23 percent of NSW residents were now successful former smokers and urged more people to kick the habit.“The NSW quitters group now numbers about 1.5 million, which is amazing progress because we know quitting can be hard,” Chant said.
