One in 10 Australians is still a daily smoker with 1.9 million lighting up a ... trends now
A surprising number of Australians remain daily smokers despite fresh data indicating the number of people with the habit has fallen in the last decade.
One in 10 adults, or 1.9 million people, regularly smoked one or more cigarettes, cigars, or pipes per day, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The data comes after Federal Health Minister Mark Butler on Wednesday announced sweeping new anti-smoking laws that will see menthol and other flavoured cigarettes will be banned, each individual cigarette will have its own health warning and will come in 'uglier' colours as part of the government's efforts to curb the habit.
Roll-your-own pouch tobacco made more expensive, and a major review conducted into how to reduce the widespread use of e-cigarettes.
the number of smokers under 40 has fallen by 50% in the last decade (stock image above)
Mr Butler also flagged that cigarette products will be standardised to remove marketing advantages used by tobacco
