Tasmanian smoking rates have reached an all time low, according to the latest Australian Secondary Students' Alcohol and Drug survey.
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The survey of 2225 Tasmanian secondary students aged between 12 and 17 found 1800 were current smokers in 2017 - down from 2200 in 2014.
Quit Tasmania director Abby Smith said smoking rates are at an all-time low for both adolescents and adults, 5 per cent and 18 per cent respectively.
"Among older students, current smoking rates have halved since 2011 - 16 per cent to 8 per cent," she said.
"In more good news, 78 per cent of students had never smoked, an increase from 70 per cent in 2011.
"Although fewer students reported purchasing cigarettes themselves, the majority [60 per cent] sourced cigarettes from their friends in 2017.
"It's likely that these students asked an older friend to buy cigarettes for them."
Ms Smith said that most students [73 per cent] who smoked in the month prior to the survey had used roll-your-own tobacco at some time, renewing calls for preventative strategies.
"It's worrying to see that Tobacco companies have been producing smaller pouches of tobacco that are more affordable and accessible to young people," she said.
"We commend the Tasmanian Government for its investment in adult-focused mass media campaigns at evidence-based levels which research suggests also helps to reduce adolescent smoking.
"But we need to do a lot more to reduce and prevent tobacco use among our young people.
"We need more investment in long-term, youth-focused programs incorporating school-based activities like counteracting social factors that influence tobacco use, mass media and other strategies such as reviewing the number and type of outlets where tobacco can be sold."