Cigarette smoking behaviour

Cigarette smoking refers to the active smoking of one or more manufactured or hand-rolled tobacco cigarettes, from purchased or home-grown tobacco, per day, by a person aged 15 years and over.

The term ‘smoking’ refers to active smoking behaviour, that is, the intentional inhalation of tobacco smoke. Smoking does not refer to, or include, passive smoking (the unintentional inhalation of tobacco smoke).

Cigarette smoking does not include:

• the smoking of tobacco in cigars, pipes, and cigarillos
• the smoking of e-cigarettes
• the smoking of any other substances such as herbal cigarettes or marijuana
• the consumption of tobacco products by other means, such as chewing.

For classification see Aria.