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Expert sees end to lung cancer epidemic  

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.

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

He says although people are clearly still addicted to cigarettes, it is a far cry from the 1970s when people were smoking in offices.

"There was tobacco advertising everywhere, to be a smoker was to be a very different personality than you are today if you're a smoker," he said.

"I don't think too many smokers [today] enjoy being smokers."

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