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Jump to full article: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2008-04-27
Intro: A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows that tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use all fell between 2004 and 2007, but some results are still concerning, especially for teenagers and young people.
The 2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: first results report shows that the proportion of the population aged 14 years or older who smoked daily declined from 17.4% to 16.6% between 2004 and 2007.
'This is one of the lowest daily smoking rates in the world,' said AIHW spokesperson Mark Cooper-Stanbury.
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