Rural smoking rates remain high

WITH smoking rates higher in rural area communities, along with less availability of high-grade medical services, Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) president, Dr Megan Belot, has encouraged smokers to get medical assistance to quit smoking. Photo: SPEC FILE.

RURAL doctors continue to support their patients to quit smoking, but smoking rates are still climbing between metro, rural and remote populations.

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