Tobacco control publications

This report presents the 2015/16 results from the New Zealand Health Survey, for both adults and children. The reports includes information on health behaviours and risk factors, health conditions and access to health services.

In 2013 the Government decided to introduce a new regulatory scheme to standardise tobacco products and packaging. The Ministry of Health is now seeking feedback on an ‘exposure draft’ of a proposed set of regulations. The regulations will be needed to bring the new regulatory scheme into force, and set out the detailed specifications for the standardised tobacco products and packages.

This publication shows how New Zealand is progressing towards being smokefree in 2025 by providing a snapshot of tobacco use in New Zealand, using data from the 2012/13 New Zealand Health Survey.

A series of educational videos answering common questions and offering support to general practice for the more heart and diabetes checks and better help for smokers to quit health targets has been developed.