ASSAD Tobacco use, ever smoked, by age group
Please note that these indicators are not currently up to date and will be replaced shortly with dashboards. In the meantime the most currently available data is available at https://www.data.act.gov.au or contact healthinfo@act.gov.au
Commentary
The prevalence of tobacco use in ACT secondary students has decreased steadily over time. In 2017, 13.2% of secondary students surveyed reported having smoked at least once in their lifetime (ever smoked). Younger students aged 12-15 years were significantly less likely to report ever smoking (6.6%) than older students aged 16-17 years (27.0%).
Please note that this indicator was updated in 2022 and replaces all previous versions.
For the purpose of reporting the Australian Secondary Students' Alcohol and Drug survey data on HealthStats, if the 95% confidence intervals of the estimates do not overlap, they are considered to be significantly different.
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Ever smoked tobacco, ACT Secondary Students aged 12-17 years, by age group, 1996-2017
Data
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Codes and sources
A copy of the Australian Secondary Students' Alcohol and Drug survey can be found in Data collections.