![]() Stoptober, a 31 day smokefree challenge that is run every October.7 Initiatingĭiscussions about smoking cessation in different ways is one approach to reducing repetition. Tobacco Use Survey found that 80% of current smokers aged 15–64 years would not smoke if they had their life over again. ![]() However, the majority of people who smoke wish that they did not. 3 This can be challenging as patients may find it irritating if clinicians continually Nicotine addiction should be managed like other long-term health issues and be addressed at every patient contact, unless 5 Offer cessation support to every patient who smokes, at every contact Than adults living in the least deprived areas once adjustments for age, ethnicity and sex have been made. 6 Adults living in the most deprived communities in New Zealand are 3.5 times more likely to smoke Up in New Zealand study found that nearly 11% of pregnant women overall and over one-third of Māori women, smoke during 5 However,Ĥ1% of Māori aged 18 years or over reported current smoking in 2013/14, unchanged from 2006/07. The rate of current smoking in people aged 15 – 17 years has dropped by half since 2006/07 and was 8% in 2013/14. Once a month), was reported by 17% of the population sampled in 2013/14, a decrease from 20% in 2006/07. Current smoking (defined as smoking at least The rate of smoking has been declining over New Zealand in the last decade. Prevalence of smoking to less than 5% across all groups of people. ![]() In 2011, the New Zealand government committed to achieving a smokefree New Zealand by 2025. 3 Are we on track for a smokefree New Zealand? Year of smoking beyond this age reportedly results in three months loss of life. Quitting smoking before ageĤ0 years results in approximately nine more years of life expectancy compared to those who continue to smoke. People who smoke can reverse the long-term effects of smoking if they stop early enough. Who smoke cigarettes die ten years younger than non-smokers on average, 1 an effect on mortality similar to In New Zealand die each year due to smoking related causes 350 of these deaths are caused by second-hand smoke. ![]() Half of people who take up tobacco smoking long-term, die from this cause. ![]()
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