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Are we smokers or non-smokers?

Derived from the Census questions, "Do you smoke cigarettes regularly (that is, one or more a day)?", and "Have you ever been a regular smoker of one or more cigarettes a day?"

Relates only to persons aged 15 years or more.

Smoking is the major cause of preventable disease in New Zealand. Data on smoking prevalence is used by those working in the health sector to:

  • monitor changes in smoking prevalence among the adult population of New Zealand
  • understand the profile of smokers, to better target at-risk groups in the community with future health education programmes
  • target health education programmes and evaluate the success of these
  • monitor changes in smoking statistics amongst high-risk groups in New Zealand
  • examine the inter-relationships between smoking and other socio-economic variables and how these change over time.
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Smoking behaviour
(persons aged 15 years and over)		Gonville East
20061996Change
Usual residencenumber%Wanganui District %number%Wanganui District %1996 to 2006
Regular smoker23124.123.222824.224.43
Ex smoker18619.421.519821.020.9-12
Never smoked regularly45047.046.246549.446.3-15
Not elsewhere included909.49.1515.48.439
Total957100.0100.0942100.0100.015

Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006 and 1996.

Please refer to the specific data notes for more information.

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

Cigarette smoking does not include:

  • the smoking of cigars, pipes and cigarillos;
  • the smoking of any other substances, herbal cigarettes or marijuana for example;
  • the consumption of tobacco products by other means, such as chewing, and;
  • passive smoking.

Information on cigarette smoking was collected in 2006 and 1996, but not in 2001, so no data are available for 2001.

Analysis of smoking behaviour in Gonville East in 2006 compared to Wanganui District shows that there was a higher proportion of people were current smokers, a lower proportion of people who were ex-smokers and a higher proportion of people who had never smoked regularly.

Overall, 24.1% of Gonville East's population were current smokers, 19.4% were ex-smokers and 47.0% had never smoked regularly, compared with 23.2%, 21.5% and 46.2% for Wanganui District respectively.

The changes in smoking behaviour in Gonville East between 1996 and 2006 were:

  • Current smoker +3;
  • Ex-smoker -12, and;
  • Never smoked regularly -15
Smoking behaviour, Gonville East and Wanganui District, 2006 (Usual residence) 9.1% Not elsewhere included, Wanganui District 46.2% Never smoked regularly, Wanganui District 21.5% Ex smoker, Wanganui District 23.2% Regular smoker, Wanganui District 9.4% Not elsewhere included, Gonville East 47.0% Never smoked regularly, Gonville East 19.4% Ex smoker, Gonville East 24.1% Regular smoker, Gonville East
Change in Smoking behaviour, Gonville East, 1996 to 2006 +39 Not elsewhere included -15 Never smoked regularly -12 Ex smoker +3 Regular smoker
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