Some things are universally cool.
These things include backflips, having nice eyebrows, being Miles Davis and, of course, peeing your pants.
Something that isn’t cool is smoking cigarettes.
And as it turns out, a large majority of the general public have taken heed of this long known fact, and are dead done with succing down hot boys.
The Australian Institute of Heath and Welfare (AIHW) has released a report into smoking patterns and they’ve found less than 13% of Aussies are daily smokers.
This sunburnt land of ours is renowned for infamous characters like Ciggy Butt Brain – but contrary to this classic depiction of outer-suburban life, turns out we’re currently boasting one of the lowest smoking rates in the world.
Tim Beard, Spokesman for the AIHW, said that as a nation, we’re moving “in the right direction.”
“Even 15, 20 years ago it’s almost halved. It was 21, 22 per cent … so the rates are just continuing to drop quite dramatically and that’s a very large drop compared to some of the international rates you look at,” he said.
The other bitta good news to come out of the report is that high school students these days are less likely to experiment with lung lollies.
“We’ve also found that in general terms … when you look at school students and young adults taking up smoking, they’re not only taking up at a much lower rate, but they’re also taking it up later,” Mr Beard said.
We know pesky millennials are having less sexy times, too.
What is this new breed of wholesome adolescents?! Who am I going to yell at from my lawn in 2065 if they’re so damn healthy and pious? That’s the big concern here.
Source: ABC.
Photo: Goldmember.
