Australia's smoking suburb hotspots: study

Neighbouring suburbs on Hobart's northern outskirts have won the unenviable title for being Australia's worst localities when it comes to the number of smokers.

About 40 per cent of residents in Bridgewater and Gagebrook smoke, data from health policy think tank Mitchell Institute at Victoria University reveals.

This compares to the national average adult rate of 14 per cent smoking daily.

"Smoking kills, and it looks like six times more people in Bridgewater/Gagebrook in greater Hobart are going to die from illness caused by smoking than in Kur-ing-Gai in inner Sydney," health policy lead Ben Harris said on Friday, World No Tobacco Day.

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