Call Mental Health Triage on
1800 629 354
(free call except from mobiles or public phones) or
6205 1065
For a poison emergency in Australia call
131126
The Drug and Alcohol Help Line is available 24-hours, 7 days a week on
5124 9977
For after hours urgent public health matters including environmental health, radiation safety, food poisoning and communicable disease management phone:
(02) 5124 9700
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.