Young people's estimates of how many New Zealanders smoke daily. In Fact.
Publication Date: 14 September 2011
Exposure to tobacco and smoking may influence young people's perception of smoking and how common it is to smoke. To understand whether young...
What is the New Zealand Smoking Monitor? Information Sheet.
Publication Date: 5 September 2011
The HSC runs a continuous survey on behalf of the Ministry of Health to measure current and changing knowledge, attitudes and behaviours relating...
Parental attitudes and rules around smoking. In Fact.
Publication Date: 16 August 2011
In 2010, around eight in 10 (84%) young people agreed that their parents would be upset if they were caught smoking cigarettes/tobacco. ...
Perceived access to tobacco. In Fact.
Publication Date: 16 August 2011
In 2010, around seven in 10 (69%) young people thought they definitely could not get cigarettes/tobacco from anyone in their family/whānau or...
Perceptions of quitting difficulty. In Fact.
Publication Date: 16 August 2011
In 2010, around four in 10 (42%) young people thought it would definitely be difficult to quit smoking once someone has started, and around...
Where are young people accessing and buying tobacco from? In Fact.
Publication Date: 16 August 2011
In 2010, around seven in 10 (72%) young people who were current smokers said they got their own cigarettes from friends and around five in 10 (52...
Acceptability of smoking in public places. In Fact.
Publication Date: 10 August 2011
In 2010, around two in three (64%) people thought that smoking should not be allowed at outdoor sports fields and courts, an increase from 2008 (59...
Estimates of how many people smoke. In Fact.
Publication Date: 10 August 2011
In 2010, although around one in five (19%) New Zealanders were daily smokers, people overestimated the proportion of New Zealanders who smoke. The...
Parenting and smoking. In Fact.
Publication Date: 10 August 2011
In 2010, the majority (90%) of parents/caregivers of children aged five to 16 thought that they had influence over whether their child starts to...
What prompts quitting and what types of quitting support do people use? In Fact.
Publication Date: 10 August 2011
In 2010, the top mentioned things that prompted quitting among those who had tried or had quit in the past year were health-related reasons (43%),...
