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

Plimmerton

2018 2013
Smoking behaviour Number % Porirua City % Number % Porirua City % 2013 - 2018
Regular smoker 153 8.8 16.7 156 10.1 18.5 -3
Ex smoker 465 26.7 21.4 432 28.0 22.2 +33
Never smoked regularly 1,128 64.7 61.8 954 61.9 59.3 +174
Not elsewhere included - - - 153 9.9 11.5 -153
Total 1,743 100.0 100.0 1,542 100.0 100.0 +201

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