There was a deafening roar last week caused by Australia’s tobacco control experts congratulating themselves on the latest national smoking results. You could be forgiven for believing that Australia is a world leader in reducing smoking rates and that vaping is a major threat to public health. However, the figures released in the 2019 National Drug Strategy Household Survey tell a very different story. 

Since 2013 adult smoking rates in Australia have fallen by a glacial 0.3%