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

Avalon West

2018 2013
Smoking behaviour Number % Lower Hutt City % Number % Lower Hutt City % 2013 - 2018
Regular smoker 165 7.4 14.3 168 8.9 16.9 -3
Ex smoker 486 21.8 22.5 387 20.4 23.0 +99
Never smoked regularly 1,578 70.8 63.1 1,338 70.7 60.1 +240
Not elsewhere included - - - 240 12.7 9.7 -240
Total 2,229 100.0 100.0 1,893 100.0 100.0 +336

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