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Share of current daily smokers in Australia in financial year 2022, by socio-economic disadvantage

Characteristic	Share of population
First quintile (most disadvantaged)	16.1%
Second quintile	11.8%
Third quintile	10.8%
Fourth quintile	7.3%
Fifth quintile (least disadvantaged)	5.3%

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Release date

December 2022

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

FY 2022

Number of respondents

26,156 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Australia's financial year runs from July 1 to June 30 of the stated year; for example, financial year 2021 starts on July 1, 2020 and ends on June 30, 2021

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview, online survey

Supplementary notes

Current smokers include a respondent who regularly smoked one or more cigarettes, cigars, or pipes per day

Note from source: A lower Index of Disadvantage quintile (e.g. the first quintile) indicates relatively greater disadvantage and a lack of advantage in general. A higher Index of Disadvantage (e.g. the fifth quintile) indicates a relative lack of disadvantage and greater advantage in general.

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In a survey conducted in Australia in the 2022 financial year, respondents in the first quintile, or those classified as the most disadvantaged, were most likely to be a current daily smoker. According to the source, the share of people living in the most disadvantaged areas who were current daily smokers had fallen from 23.4 percent to 16.1 percent in the past decade.