The Australian government published National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2025: Tobacco, e-cigarettes and other nicotine insights showing that 5.6% of Australians smoke daily, down from 19.5% in 2001 and 8.3% in 2022–2023 – and equivalent to about 1.3million people smoking daily. 34% of smokers bought illicit tobacco in the past 3 months.


