Australians Smoking Less

Source from:  Tobacco Reporter 12/17/2015

Australia's latest national health survey has indicated that the country's smoking incidence has declined by about seven percent since 2011-2012, according to a story by Greg Jericho for The Guardian, relayed by the TMA.

The number of ex-smokers in Australia is now nearly double the number of its current smokers.

The survey of 14,700 households indicate that the number of smokers declined from 2.8 million in 2011-12 to 2.6 million today; or from 16.1 percent of the adult population to 14.5 percent.

The biggest drop, from 18.3 percent to 12.8 percent, occurred among young men.

The smoking rate for men aged 25-44 was said to have ‘remained relatively unchanged'.

The smoking rate is now lower among women aged 25-34 and 35-44 than it is among those aged 18-24. Enditem