Smoking prevalence
- In 2001, the proportion of adults aged 14 years or older, who smoked daily in Queensland was 21% compared with the national average of 19%.
- Among Queensland adults, the proportion of males and females who smoked daily decreased with increasing age. However, the death rates attributed to tobacco smoking increase dramatically with age, particularly for people aged over 50 years and for males. Of the deaths in males of 65 years or older, 76% are attributable to smoking.
Youth Smoking
- In 2002, 14% of Queensland school students aged 12 to 17 years smoked in the week prior to survey. This is equivalent to approximately 38,800 students. This is a fall in the smoking rate among Queensland school students from 20% in 1996, and a decrease of approximately 11,000 students smoking.
- For the first time in the history of school drug use surveys, more than half the students in Queensland in 2002 had never smoked a cigarette.
This page last updated:
June 2006
Review date: September 2006
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