One in three people smoke
PA Wellington One in three New Zealanders aged 15 years and over are regular cigarette smokers, Statistics Department figures show. There was a marked difference in male and female smoking habits, with 34.6 per cent males classed as regular smokers, compared with 29.5 per cent of females. In older age groups, the difference between the two sexes was most marked, but in the younger age groups, between 15 and 19, and 20 and 24 years, the proportion of females who smoked regularly was higher than males. Maoris were the heaviest smokers in all ethnic groups. Only 30.9 per cent of Maoris had never smoked at all, compared with 42.2 per cent of European males. The proportion of Maori females who smoked was even higher than males, at
53.5 per cent. The proportion of Maori and European women who smoked was within 6 per cent of males. But the proportion of Pacific Island Polynesian women who smoked was almost half that of Pacific Island Polynesian men, and the proportion of Chinese and Indian women who smoked was much lower than males. However, although Maoris had the highest proportions of regular smokers, they were not the heaviest smokers among males or females. Europeans smoked an average of 16.4 cigarettes a day, compared with 15 cigarettes a day smoked by Maoris. The highest proportion of smokers lived on the East Coast, and the lowest in Canterbury for men, and Nelson for women. Females who smoked regularly smoked fewer cigarettes a day than men,
with the average number of cigarettes smoked a day by women being 14.3, compared with 17.6 for men. Unemployed people were
the highest smokers, with 56.2 per cent of unemployed males and 51.7 per cent of unemployed females smoking. This compared with 37.7 per cent of employed males and 35.3 per cent of employed females who were regular smokers. Between 1976 and 1981 the number of males in the full-time workforce who smoked regularly decreased from 42.5 per cent to 37.7 per cent. The trend was similar for females.
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