In a life threatening emergency dial Triple Zero (000)
Mental Health
Call Mental Health Triage on
1800 629 354
(free call except from mobiles or public phones) or
6205 1065
Poisons Hotline
For a poison emergency in Australia call
131126
Drug and Alcohol Help Line
The Drug and Alcohol Help Line is available 24-hours, 7 days a week on
5124 9977
Health Protection Service
For after hours urgent public health matters including environmental health, radiation safety, food poisoning and communicable disease management phone:
(02) 5124 9700
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ACT State Emergency Service
Emergency help
during flood or storms
The prevalence of tobacco use in ACT secondary students has decreased steadily over time. In 1996, 9.3% of secondary students surveyed reported smoking cigarettes every day in the seven days before the survey ('daily smokers') while in 2017, the proportion has not been reported due to a relative standard error greater than 50% or small numbers.
Please note that this indicator was updated in 2022 and replaces all previous versions.
The following estimates have a relative standard error between 25% and 50% and should be used with caution:
2005, 2008, 2011 and 2014 persons
2008 and 2011 12-15 year olds
2005, 2008, 2011 and 2014 16-17 year olds
The following estimates have not been published due to a relative standard error greater than 50% or small numbers:
2017 persons
2014 and 2017 12-15 year olds
2017 16-17 year olds
For the purpose of reporting the Australian Secondary Students' Alcohol and Drug survey data on HealthStats, if the 95% confidence intervals of the estimates do not overlap, they are considered to be significantly different.