Contains information about the smoker status of Victorian women by age group including women who smoke daily, ex-smokers and women who have never smoked. Time series data is available at the national level to compare the current smoker status rates for Australian women to data from 2001 and 1995. This national level data can be found in ABS catalogue 4364.0 National Health Survey: Summary of Results, Australia 2007-08.  Further Info

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http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4362.0

The survey includes the smoking status and frequency of current smoking behaviour of Victorian women by age group. Data is compared to smoking behaviour trends from 2001 to 2007.  Further Info

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http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/vphs.htm

This report includes the smoking status for Victorian women 14 years of age and over such as daily, weekly, less than weekly, ex-smoker and never smoked. It also includes the smoking proportion of the population by age group.  Further Info

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http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10670

This data details the smoking behaviour patterns of Victorian women since 1998. Data also includes the estimated tobacco-related inpatient hospitalisations, number of bed days, number of deaths and years of life lost for Victorian women by age group.  Further Info

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http://www.health.vic.gov.au/drugservices/pubs/drugstats.htm

Authors: Emily Brennan, Sarah Durkin, Melanie Wakefield and Sally Dunlop$0 This study includes the number of Victorian women who have attempted to quit smoking each year presented in a time series (1998-2005). Data includes the number of women who have successfully quit smoking in the last five years and the number who made an attempt but were unsuccessful.  Further Info

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http://www.cancervic.org.au/downloads/cbrc_research_papers/quitting_activity_rps29.pdf