Question

Which of the following statements about mental health and tobacco smoking is Not True ? o In Australia, while the prevalence of smoking is declining in the general community, it remains high among people with mental illness b. The gap in life expectancy between those with and without mental illness has also widened over time, largely due to smoking-related diseases. Smokers with mental illness are as motivated to quit as the general population, and despite lower overall success rates, can quit successfully OC. O d. Data from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey show that in Australia (2016), daily smokers were more than thrice as likely to have high/very high levels of psychological distress compared with people who had never smoked

Answer 1

Answer: (B) The gap in life expectancy between those with and without mental illness has also widened over time, largely due time smoking related diseases.

( Smoking causes cancer as well as lung diseases, people with or without mental illness have same effect if smoking on their health and increase in the risk of developing diseases.