Census: Do you smoke cigarettes regularly (that is, one or more a day)?, and Have you ever been a regular smoker of one or more cigarettes a day

Smoking behaviour

Maungaraki

2018 2013
Smoking behaviour Number % Lower Hutt City % Number % Lower Hutt City % 2013 - 2018
Regular smoker 243 7.8 14.3 297 10.7 16.9 -54
Ex smoker 666 21.3 22.5 600 21.6 23.0 +66
Never smoked regularly 2,214 70.8 63.1 1,872 67.5 60.1 +342
Not elsewhere included - - - 186 6.7 9.7 -186
Total 3,129 100.0 100.0 2,772 100.0 100.0 +357

Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018.
Stats NZ data quality rating: Moderate