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

Whitby

2018 2013
Smoking behaviour Number % Porirua City % Number % Porirua City % 2013 - 2018
Regular smoker 192 8.0 16.7 192 9.1 18.5 -
Ex smoker 585 24.5 21.4 498 23.5 22.2 +87
Never smoked regularly 1,611 67.4 61.8 1,425 67.4 59.3 +186
Not elsewhere included - - - 129 6.1 11.5 -129
Total 2,391 100.0 100.0 2,115 100.0 100.0 +276

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