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

Porirua East

2018 2013
Smoking behaviour Number % Porirua City % Number % Porirua City % 2013 - 2018
Regular smoker 447 26.3 16.7 387 28.8 18.5 +60
Ex smoker 345 20.3 21.4 264 19.6 22.2 +81
Never smoked regularly 906 53.4 61.8 693 51.6 59.3 +213
Not elsewhere included - - - 267 19.9 11.5 -267
Total 1,698 100.0 100.0 1,344 100.0 100.0 +354

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