Overview

This report presents baseline data for the outcome indicators listed under Part Seven of the National Tobacco Strategy (NTS) 2012-2018, and for an additional 6 indicators that were agreed to when the reporting framework was developed (see Chapter 1 of this report for more information) in consultation with the Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs National Expert Reference Group on Tobacco.

As no single tobacco-related data collection is sufficient to inform all the indicators, different data sources and collection years (from 2007-08 to 2011) have been used to report baseline data against these indicators.

Baseline data, against which future data can be compared, will enable progress to be measured and desired outcomes to be assessed. A mid-term review is expected to begin in late 2015 to assess improvements over time and determine whether desired outcomes are being achieved.