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

Onepoto

2018 2013
Smoking behaviour Number % Porirua City % Number % Porirua City % 2013 - 2018
Regular smoker 240 16.6 16.7 228 18.9 18.5 +12
Ex smoker 369 25.5 21.4 300 24.9 22.2 +69
Never smoked regularly 840 58.0 61.8 678 56.2 59.3 +162
Not elsewhere included - - - 141 11.7 11.5 -141
Total 1,449 100.0 100.0 1,206 100.0 100.0 +243

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