Cigarette smoking
International comparisons
International data on the proportion of young people who smoke daily is presented below.
It shows that the smoking rate among young people in New Zealand (25.7 percent) is slightly lower than the average rate of the 23 countries surveyed (26.6 percent).
Note that the New Zealand prevalence figure of 25.7 percent shown below is slightly lower than the figures given in the data above, which includes both daily and non-daily smokers.
Prevalence (%) of daily cigarette smoking in the 15 to 24 age group, by country, various years
Source: Compiled from most recent Eurostat data available; most data collected between 2002-2006. New Zealand figures calculated from New Zealand Tobacco Use Survey 2006.
