In Australia,13.5 percent of high school students surveyed between 2022 and 2023, had smoked a tobacco cigarette or e-cigarette in their lifetime. This trend has declined significantly since 1996, when around 58 percent of students said they had smoked at least once in their lifetime.
Prevalence of smoking among high school students in Australia from 1996 to 2023
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Lifetime (ever) smoking
Past year smoking
Past month smoking
Past week smoking
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Department of Health (Australia). (December 21, 2023). Prevalence of smoking among high school students in Australia from 1996 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451188/australia-high-school-students-prevalence-of-smoking/
Department of Health (Australia). "Prevalence of smoking among high school students in Australia from 1996 to 2023." Chart. December 21, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451188/australia-high-school-students-prevalence-of-smoking/
Department of Health (Australia). (2023). Prevalence of smoking among high school students in Australia from 1996 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451188/australia-high-school-students-prevalence-of-smoking/
Department of Health (Australia). "Prevalence of Smoking among High School Students in Australia from 1996 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451188/australia-high-school-students-prevalence-of-smoking/
Department of Health (Australia), Prevalence of smoking among high school students in Australia from 1996 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451188/australia-high-school-students-prevalence-of-smoking/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Prevalence of smoking among high school students in Australia from 1996 to 2023 [Graph], Department of Health (Australia), December 21, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451188/australia-high-school-students-prevalence-of-smoking/