44083 (2024). Debbie Ngarewa-Packer to the Associate Minister of Health

Written Question

Published date: 01 Aug 2024

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	44083 (2024)
Question asked:	18 Jul 2024
Member asking:	Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
Portfolio:	Associate Minister of Health
Minister replying:	Hon Casey Costello
Answer received:	28 Jul 2024
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_44083_2024
Document guid:	f8e94c53-65d7-433e-9735-5f8ac27aae10

44083 (2024). Debbie Ngarewa-Packer to the Associate Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made towards achieving the Smokefree 2025 goal?

Hon Casey Costello: The latest New Zealand Health Survey results showed that 6.8% of New Zealanders are smoking daily, down from 8.6% the previous year, and 16.4% in 2011/12.