The Wire

Today is World No Tobacco Day and organisations are joining forces to tackle the public health issue of smoking. According to the World Health Organisation, nearly 6 million people die from smoking-related diseases. Countries around the world are pushing laws to reduce the amount of smokers. Australia is the first country to implement plain packaging.

Smoking can lead to many diseases, such as mouth cancer. Also, everyone is affected as cancer is a non-communicable disease. Also it attacks the Indigenous community, where 1 out of 2 Indigenous people smokes.