Help the diasadvantaged quit smoking - Talking Point with Prof Robyn Richmond
596 views · Published 19 September 2012 · 10:18 · Indexed 30 October 2026
Channel: UNSW · 2012 · Education
Please watch: "UNSWTV: Entertaining your curiosity" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ7UO8nxiL0 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Australians at high risk of smoking such as the mentally ill and prisoners are successful in giving up the habit if they're supported in complying with treatment regimes, according to Professor Robyn Richmond from UNSW Medicine's School of Public Health. Here Prof Richmond tells Sarah Macdonald that while Australia has one of the lowest smoking rates in the world, the smoking rate for some of our most vulnerable citizens is still frighteningly high.
