Smoking kills 3,400 in Queensland every year – 10 times more than the road toll.

Twenty per cent of Queenslanders aged 14 years and over smoke daily, with the largest group of smokers aged 20-29 years.

Smoking rates for Indigenous people are more than double the overall population, and rates of tobacco-caused disease and premature death are also higher.

Smoking is still the leading cause of preventable disease and death in Queensland.

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Smoking and young Queensland women
More women aged 20-29 smoke in Queensland than in any other state. Rates of smoking in younger Queensland women (14-19) are also above the national average.

Young women aged 18-24 are more likely than men their age to suffer mood disorders, depression, stress and anxiety – and these often point the way to smoking. And it's killing us.

In Queensland, lung cancer has overtaken breast cancer as the biggest cancer killer of Queensland women. Smoking is also related to other health problems for women – like decreased fertility. Women who smoke through pregnancy risk smaller birth weight babies and serious complications.

Their children risk a range of illnesses through exposure to passive smoking.

Daily smoking rates

	Queensland	Australia
Women 14-19	13.3%	11.9%
Women 20-29	27.9%	22.9%
All women 14+	18.1%	16.3%

Source: National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2004.)

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