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Uptake of the influenza vaccine in 2012. In Fact

The Ministry of Health recommends the influenza vaccine to protect New Zealanders against the influenza virus. In the Health Promotion Agency’s 2012 Health and Lifestyles Survey, we asked New Zealanders aged 15 years and over about their uptake of, and attitudes toward, the influenza vaccine.

The 2012 Health and Lifestyles Survey. Questionnaire

The Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS) is a biennial monitor of the health behaviour and attitudes of New Zealand adults aged 15 years and over, and parents and caregivers of 5 to 16-year-olds, first carried out in 2008. The HLS is managed by HPA and collects information relating to HPA’s programme areas of alcohol, tobacco control, sun safety, problem gambling and nutrition.

Tobacco control

Attitudes towards smoking and tobacco control strategies – a comparison...

Making a recent quit attempt is one of the factors that predicts further quit attempts. However, little is known whether or not making a recent quit attempt also predicts attitudes towards smoking and tobacco control strategies.

Tobacco control

Quit intention among current smokers. In Fact

In the Health Promotion Agency’s 2012 Health and Lifestyles Survey, we asked current smokers whether they thought they would still be smoking at three future time periods (three months, five years, and by 2025). We then used this information as an indicator of their intention to quit.

Tobacco control

Past 12-month quit attempts and the use of cessation aids. In Fact

Encouraging smokers to quit is one of the six national health targets. To understand the level of quitting activities and the use of different cessation aids, the Health Promotion Agency’s 2012 Health and Lifestyles Survey included two questions about quitting smoking.

2012 Health and Lifestyles Survey Methodology Report

This methodology report details the procedures and protocols followed to ensure the HPA's Health and Lifestyles Survey produces high quality, robust data. Specific analyses such as short fact sheets have also been produced and are available on this site.

Tobacco control

Public opinion about tobacco plain packaging. In Fact

In February 2013, the New Zealand Government announced that it agreed ‘in principle’ to introduce a plain packaging regime in alignment with Australia.

Tobacco control

Public opinion on removing tobacco displays. In Fact

The Smoke-free Environments (Controls and Enforcement) Amendment Act 2011 (the Amendment Act) amended the Smoke-free Environments Act 1990 to prohibit the display of tobacco products at any sales outlet.1 The provision came into force on 23 July 2012.

Tobacco control

Public opinion on tobacco taxation. In Fact

A comprehensive set of measures is needed to reduce smoking prevalence and meet the Government’s goal of making New Zealand a smokefree nation by 2025. One of the most effective tools to reduce tobacco consumption and prevalence is to increase the price of tobacco. This is often achieved through targeted increases of the excise tax on tobacco products.

Tobacco control

Public opinion on access to tobacco. In Fact

A key strategy to reduce the harm from tobacco is to limit the access to tobacco, thereby reducing its supply. Limiting access to tobacco has also been seen as a key way to reduce smoking initiation, although it may also have benefits of promoting cessation.1

Tobacco control

Acceptability of extended smokefree areas and smokefree cars. In Fact

The 2012 Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS) included four questions that assessed people’s acceptability of extending smokefree areas to other public places and private vehicles where children are in them.

Tobacco control

Awareness of ‘Smokefree 2025’ and opinions about government’s role....

To monitor public opinions about tobacco control and help develop appropriate health promotion strategies, respondents in the 2012 Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS) answered a few questions on their awareness of ‘Smokefree 2025’, and their opinions about the government’s role.