Australians Are Smoking Significantly Less Than 20 Years Ago

Daily smoking levels in Australia have fallen significantly over the past two decades, and are now less than 10 percent in some states. Statistics from the National Health Survey released on June 25 by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveal substantial reductions in every state. “Australians are breathing a little easier. Over the last 20 years, the proportion of adult daily smokers has fallen in every state and territory,” the ABS said.  The data showed adults in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) are more likely to have never smoked and less likely to be daily smokers than any other state and territory. In the ACT, just 5.9 percent of adults were daily smokers in 2022, which represented one-third of the 2001 levels....