Our State - South Australia
‘Our State’ is a half-hour, weekly radio segment airing 1:30pm ACST each Monday on Adelaide's FiveAA.The program focuses on uncovering and sharing important subjects: the interesting, the significant, the future, the unknown and the things that are happening, right now, in South Australia. Each week, a wide range of guests discuss achievements, initiatives and events which highlight South Australia’s priorities.
Our State - South Australia
03/08/20 - 146 - Smoking and COVID-19
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DPC Communications
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Episode 146
The global COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound effect on the lives of people all over the world. Current evidence suggests that smoking is significantly associated with increased severity of the virus if contracted. There has never been a better time to quit smoking for good and there is help available in SA to achieve this goal. Clinton Cenko, Manager Tobacco Control Unit at DASSA, and Dr Jacquie Bowden, Deputy Director of the Health Policy Centre SAHMRI, discuss this issue on this week's Our State.