Monitoring changes in smoking and quitting behaviours among Australians with and without mental illness over 15 years

Abstract

Objective: This study examines smoking prevalence and quitting behaviours among Australians with and without mental illness. Methods: Analysis of data from Australia's triennial National Drug Strategy Household Surveys 2004–2019. The prevalence of regular smokers, never smokers, the quit proportion, cigarette consumption, and use of cessation aids were examined for those with and without mental illness. Results: Among Australians with mental illness, there was a significant decrease in regular smokers and significant increases in never smokers and in the proportion of ever smokers who had quit between 2004 and 2019. Smokers with mental illness were generally as likely to attempt to quit and ..