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"Have you noticed more smoking on screens lately?
Social media feeds are littered with images of celebrities smoking at fashion
events, in music videos, at parties and on the cover of
Vanity Fair. Just as
1990s fashion has made a comeback, it can feel like cigarettes are having a
major cultural resurgence.
But social media posts aren’t a proxy for research and data. The latest
National Drug Strategy Household Survey results released today tell a far
more important story: smoking rates in Australia are still declining.
In 2025, 5.6% of Australians aged 14 and over smoked daily. This is down from
8.3% in 2022–23. Among adults aged 18 and over, daily smoking fell to 5.8%."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
