Tobacco Smoking

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Tobacco Smoking

Table 7: Tobacco smoking indicators

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The indicators in this section relate to individual risk and protective factors. It should be noted that socioeconomic determinants are linked to risk and protective factors, which in turn impact on health outcomes. Consequently, differences in socioeconomic position between Māori and non-Māori are likely to contribute to differences in individual risk and protective factors.

Indicator	Māori			non-Māori
Indicator	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Current smoking (self-reported), 14–15 years, 2008, percent ^2,3,*	12.6 (11.0-14.2)	21.6 (19.3-23.9)	17.3 (15.7-18.9)	4.2 (3.7-4.8)	4.6 (3.9-5.3)	4.4 (3.9-4.9)
Current smoking(self-reported), 15+ years, 2008, percent ^1,2,4,**	41.9 (36.1-47.7)	50.0 (44.7-55.4)	46.3 (42.4-50.2)	22.4 (20.2-24.7)	17.5 (15.5-19.5)	19.9 (18.4-21.4)
Non-smokers exposure to secondhand smoke in their home or in the car, 15–64 years, 2008, percent^{1, 2, 5, **}	23.9 (17.8–30.1)	19.5 (13.1–25.9)	21.7 (17.5–25.9)	10.8 (9.1–12.5)	8.7 (7.2–10.2)	9.7 (8.4–11.0)

Sources:
* Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Year 10 Snapshot Survey 2008
** New Zealand Tobacco Use Survey 2008

Notes:

Age standardised to 2001 Census total Māori population.
Prioritised Māori ethnic group – see ‘Ngā Tapuae me ngā Raraunga: Methods and Data Sources’ for further information.
Crude age-specific rates.
‘Current smoking’ is defined as a person who has smoked more than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and currently smokes at least monthly.
Refers to second-hand smoke exposure in their home in the past week and second-hand smoke in the car they usually travelled in during the last week.

The table shows that for young people aged 14–15 years, the prevalence of tobacco smoking among Māori was higher than that among non-Māori (17.3 percent and 4.4 percent respectively).

Among adults aged 15–64 years, Māori were also twice as likely as non-Māori adults to smoke tobacco (RR 2.33, CI 2.07–2.58). Māori females had the highest prevalence of tobacco smoking, with 50 percent reporting being a current smoker.

For more information on Māori smoking and tobacco use, refer to Māori Smoking and Tobacco Use 2009 (Quit Group and the Ministry of Health 2009).

For help in quitting smoking contact Quitline a free quit smoking telephone helpline 0800 778 778

Page last updated: 21 July 2010

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