Aotearoa New Zealands tobacco consumption peaked in the 1960s (it should be noted that population-wide data on individual smoking habits among Aotearoa New Zealanders have only been available since 1976).[ii] By 1976 the smoking rate among men was 40%, with a lower rate of 32% recorded for women.[iii] Smoking rates in Aotearoa New Zealand steadily declined over the following decades: 18.4% of adults were current smokers in 2011/2012, dropping further to 8.3% in 2023.[iv],[v],[vi] Our projection of the New Zealand Health Survey data is that smoking will continue to fall to around 5% by 2025
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7/11 Swipe or click to see more Hawaii Governor Josh Green, middle, holds signs with dozens of students during the Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action at the State Capitol, in Honolulu
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First, current interventions focused only on youth prevention may be insufficient to reduce national smoking mortality in the short-term