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Health 1 SOURCE · UNCORROBORATED ≈NATIONAL Jul 16, 2026

Daily smoking rates in Australia fall to a historic low of 5.6%

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's National Drug Strategy Household Survey shows daily smoking rates dropped to 5.6% last year, down from 8.3% two years ago. This national figure comes from a single large survey and has not been independently corroborated by other sources.

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This decline shows progress in reducing the national health burden of tobacco use.

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