ASH Year 10 survey by DHB region
3 April 2014
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
ASH Year 10 survey by DHB region
The Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Year 10 smoking survey by DHB results are:
DHB | Daily smoking | Regular smoking | Never Smoking |
Auckland | 1.90% | 5.55% | 80.10% |
Bay of Plenty | 4.91% | 7.99% | 72.21% |
Canterbury | 3.15% | 8.08% | 74.19% |
Capital and Coast | 1.71% | 5.14% | 82.96% |
Counties Manukau | 3.80% | 7.20% | 73.68% |
Hawke’s Bay | 4.37% | 10.77% | 64.00% |
Hutt | 5.23% | 6.49% | 73.26% |
Lakes | 3.34% | 6.19% | 75.95% |
MidCentral | 1.35% | 3.42% | 74.31% |
Nelson Marlborough | 4.18% | 7.38% | 76.31% |
Northland | 4.85% | 7.62% | 72.52% |
South Canterbury | 3.33% | 5.00% | 70.83% |
Southern | 2.89% | 6.43% | 75.16% |
Tairawhiti | 5.25% | 8.83% | 61.32% |
Taranaki | 2.30% | 5.64% | 73.12% |
Waikato | 3.66% | 7.97% | 73.96% |
Wairarapa | 5.21% | 11.85% | 66.51% |
Waitemata | 1.73% | 3.81% | 82.47% |
West Coast | 2.06% | 4.64% | 81.54% |
Whanganui | 5.73% | 9.49% | 64.82% |
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Notes:
• The survey takes an annual snapshot of
smoking behaviour of Kiwi teenagers aged
14-15 and was in
the field during 2013
• To maintain confidentiality,
teachers did not examine the surveys for completeness
•
27 921 students took part in the survey
Spokespeople available in Te Reo Maori and English.
ASH would like to
see:
• Well resourced tobacco denormalisation
campaigns
• Tax increases of more than 30 per cent each
year