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 2017, 3.0% of secondary students surveyed reported smoking cigarettes on at least one day in the seven days before the survey ('current smokers'). Being a 'current smoker' was less common among younger students aged 12-15 years (1.0%) than older students aged 16-17 years (7.2%), however this was not statistically significant.
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:
2017 persons
2011, 2014 and 2017 12-15 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.