Summary

This report presents baseline data for the outcome  indicators listed under Part Seven of the National Tobacco Strategy (NTS) 2012-2018, and for an additional 6 indicators that were agreed to when the reporting framework was developed (see Chapter 1 of this report for more information) in consultation with the Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs National Expert Reference Group on Tobacco.

As no single tobacco-related data collection is sufficient to inform all the indicators, different data sources and collection years (from 2007-08 to 2011) have been used to report baseline data against these indicators.

Baseline data, against which future data can be compared, will enable progress to be measured and desired outcomes to be assessed. A mid-term review is expected to begin in late 2015 to assess improvements over time and determine whether desired outcomes are being achieved.

Baseline data against the indicators
Indicator Baseline data
Indicator 1: Fewer young people smoking regularly In 2011, among secondary school students aged 12–17, 6.7% smoked tobacco  at least once in the previous week.
Indicator 2: Fewer young people making the transition to established patterns of smoking In 2011, 3.5% of secondary school students aged 12–17 had smoked more than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime.
In 2010, nearly 3 in 10 (29%) young adults aged 18–24 had smoked more than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime.
Indicator 3: Fewer adults smoking regularly In 2007–08, nearly 1 in 5 (18.9%) adults (aged 18 or older) smoked tobacco daily.
Indicator 4: More smokers attempting to quit In 2010, almost half (45%) of adult smokers had made an attempt to quit smoking in the previous 12 months.
Indicator 5 .1: Fewer women smoking while pregnant Of women who gave birth in 2011, 13.2% smoked during their pregnancy.
Indicator 5 .2: Fewer women smoking while pregnant Of women who gave birth in 2011, 12.9% smoked during the first 20 weeks of their pregnancy.
Indicator 6: Fewer children exposed to second-hand smoke at home In 2010, nearly 1 in 16 (6.1%) households had dependent children who lived with a daily smoker who smoked inside the home.
Indicator 7: Fewer adults exposed to second-hand smoke at home In 2010, 4.0% of households with a non-smoking adult had a daily smoker who smoked inside the home.
Indicator 8i: Fewer adults smoking regularly among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people In 2008, almost half (48%) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults smoked tobacco daily.
Indicator 8ii: Fewer adults smoking regularly among people of low socioeconomic status In 2007–08, more than a quarter (28%) of people aged 18 or older living in the lowest socioeconomic status areas smoked tobacco daily.
Indicator 9: Young people delaying the onset of tobacco smoking In 2010, young people aged 14–24 smoked their first full cigarette when they were aged, on average, 15.4.
Indicator 10: Fewer people trying cigarettes In 2011, nearly a quarter (23%) of secondary school students aged 12–17 tried at least a few puffs of a cigarette in their lifetime.
In 2010, almost two-thirds (63%) of adults smoked a full cigarette in their lifetime.
Indicator 11: Adult ever-smokers are quitting at a younger age In 2010, the average age at which ex-smokers aged 18 or older quit smoking tobacco was 35.3.
Indicator 12: More adult ever-smokers no longer smoking In 2010, almost half (47%) of adult ever-smokers (smoked more than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime) did not smoke tobacco in the previous 12 months.
Indicator 13: Fewer young people smoking In 2011, almost 1 in 10 (8.9%) secondary school students aged 12–17 smoked tobacco at least once in the previous month.
Indicator 14: Current adult smokers smoking occasionally (weekly or less than weekly) In 2007–08, about 1 in 10 (9.0%) current adult smokers smoked weekly or less than weekly.