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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

2012 Youth Insights Survey Methodology Report

This methodology report details the procedures and protocols followed to ensure the HPA's Youth Insights Survey produces high quality, robust data. Specific analyses such as short fact sheets can be accessed on this site.

Minimising gambling harm

Kiwi Lives 3 2013 Campaign Evaluation

This research was undertaken in order to evaluate the Kiwi Lives III campaign, which is part of a national social marketing programme to minimise gambling harm. HPA will use the findings to understand the impact of the campaign and to direct its future strategic development.

Tobacco control

Young people’s exposure to onscreen smoking. In Fact

Participants in the 2012 Youth Insights Survey were asked how often they watched movies and movies that are R-rated, as well as whether any smoking they had seen on TV, movies or the internet in the past month made smoking seem more or less attractive to them.

Tobacco control

Young people’s use of electronic cigarettes and tobacco products other...

Participants in the 2012 Youth Insights Survey were asked whether they had ever tried electronic cigarettes, and whether in the past month they had used any form of tobacco products other than cigarettes.

The Locally Specific Impacts of Alcohol Outlet Density in the North Island...

In March 2012, HPA commissioned NIDEA to undertake research into the geographically-specific relationships between alcohol outlet density (by type of outlet) and social harms (specifically different types of police events, and motor vehicle crashes) in the North Island between 2006 and 2011.

Tobacco control

Attitudes about quitting smoking. In Fact

There are a range of cessation services and products available in New Zealand to provide support to smokers who want to quit. This includes the heavily subsidised provision of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). It is important to assess the public’s awareness and attitudes towards quitting and NRT to understand how to provide effective cessation services.

Alcohol-attributable burden of disease and injury in New Zealand: 2004 and...

Estimates of the 2000/02 burden of death and disability due to alcohol consumption in New Zealanders have been used widely by researchers and policymakers. In the eight years since the previous estimates were published, more recent alcohol consumption data and burden estimation methods have become available.

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Young people’s perceived access to tobacco. In Fact

Access to tobacco is recognised as one of the environmental risk factors for young people taking up smoking. Participants in the 2012 Youth Insights Survey (YIS) of Year 10 students were asked whether they thought they could get cigarettes or tobacco from anyone in their family/whanau or home, from their friends, or from a shop.

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Where are young smokers accessing cigarettes? In Fact

Access to tobacco is recognised as one of the environmental risk factors for young people taking up smoking. Participants in the 2012 Youth Insights Survey (YIS) of Year 10 students were asked about where they got their cigarettes from, as well as how often they bought tobacco from a range of commercial outlets.

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.