People living in remote areas more likely to be daily smokers

The proportion of people who say they smoke daily has dropped in cities, inner and outer regional areas — but not in remote or very remote areas.

A grouped bar chart shows daily smoking rates for 2019 and 2023, split into four geographical categories. It shows Remote areas have the highest proportion of daily smokers (around 20%) and is the only category that has not seen a significant decrease between the two years.
ABC News Source: Australian Institute of Health and Weldare, National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2022-23 Get the data