Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 15 years and older
15-17 | 18-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75 + | |
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2011-12 | 6.6 | 19.5 | 23.9 | 20.4 | 21.7 | 15.1 | 8.9 | 4.5 |
2014-15 | 3.2 | 16.7 | 20.1 | 18.3 | 19 | 15.5 | 8.8 | 4 |
2017-18 | 2.8 | 16.3 | 16.7 | 17.6 | 18.2 | 16.1 | 9.2 | 4.9 |

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Tobacco smoking is one of the largest preventable causes of death and disease in Australia. In 2017-18, 13.8% of adults aged 18 years and over were daily smokers (2.6 million people), down from 14.5% in 2014-15. The decrease is a continuation of the trend over the past two decades, in 1995, 23.8% of adults were daily smokers.
Additionally the proportion of adults who have never smoked is increasing over time, from 49.4% in 2007-08 to 52.6% in 2014-15 and 55.7% in 2017-18.
Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 15 years and older
Percentage of Current Smokers aged 15 years and older
Smoking Prevalence of Current Smoker aged 15 years and older between 2011/12, 2014/15 and 2017/18 (%). Note: the prevalence data provided has not been aged standardised.
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Global Metadata
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Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 15 years and older
Sources
Australian Bureau of Statistics - Australian Health Survey: First Results, 2011-12 (table 7)
Australian Bureau of Statistics - Australian Health Survey: First Results, 2014-15 (table 9)
Australian Bureau of Statistics - Australian Health Survey: First Results, 2017-18
Other
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Historic
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