Table 1.

Number of Adult and Adolescent Smokers in Each Survey by Gender and by Age Group for Adult Smokers

Adults	Year of survey
	Smoking and health survey						International Tobacco Control survey
	1983	1986	1989	1992	1995	1998	2002	2005	2008
Males	976	1,388	657	797	712	988	1,072	770	598
% 18–29 years old	33.6	33.0	32.4	29.6	24.9	26.0	29.7	18.6	10.2
Females	841	1,366	638	709	650	1,109	1,200	943	763
% 18–29 years old	36.6	35.5	35.3	30.5	31.7	28.6	27.4	15.5	7.1
Adolescents (Australian School Students Alcohol and Drug Survey)
	1984	1987	1990	1993	1996	1999	2002	2005	2008
Number of current smokers in survey wave	5,219	3,899	4,749	4,742	6,390	5,003	3,347	2,163	1,929
% Males among smokers	48	46	47	47	46	47	45	44	45
% of surveyed students	21	17	17	19	19	19	13	19	7