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AUDIO: Expert sees end to lung cancer epidemic  

Jump to full article: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (au), 2010-07-14

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An award-winning public health advocate says lung cancer will most likely become an uncommon disease in Australia by 2050.

Professor Simon Chapman says a ban on advertising, indoor smoking and health warnings on cigarette packets have contributed to a decline in the disease.

Professor Chapman has published 16 books and hundreds of articles in peer reviewed journals.

He used to smoke himself but is now best known as an anti-smoking activist.

Professor Chapman says we could be seeing the beginning of the end of the lung cancer epidemic, thanks to government policy.

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