Did you know only 19% of Australian adults smoke?  Therefore 81% of Aussie adults don’t.

Here are some other facts that might surprise you.

• Smoking rates are much higher in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations with approximately 50% being current smokers. This is more than double that of the overall Australian population.
• People who start smoking in their teen years are more likely to become regular smokers, smoke more heavily, have difficulties quitting and are at greater risk of getting smoking related diseases.
• The majority of adult smokers say they wish they had never started smoking and they would like to stop.
• Around 80% of Australian smokers have tried to quit at some point.

 

For more information check out:

• Facts about smoking fact sheet (PDF 474kb)
• Tobacco in Australia: Facts and Issues - Chapter 1: Trends in the prevalence of smoking
• Tobacco in Australia: Facts and Issues - Chapter 8: Tobacco use in Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders