Census change criticised
PA Auckland An overseas expert in drug and alcohol education among young people is disappointed that the question about smoking habits has been dropped from the census next month. Dr lan Newman, professor of health education at the University of Nebraska, ■ said in Auckland that it was important to be aware of trends. “We know that smoking among adolescents has been Increasing,” he said. “But there are usually variations in trends. “Long-term measurements are needed for public health education programmes.” The question on smoking habits was in the previous census but had been omitted from the next five-yearly census on March 4.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19860212.2.94
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, 12 February 1986, Page 14
Word count
Tapeke kupu
105Census change criticised Press, 12 February 1986, Page 14
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in