Health and Lifestyles Survey

All respondents

Alcohol
Eating
Gambling
Māori cultural identity
Mental health and wellbeing
Sun exposure
Tobacco
Vaping / e-cigarettes

Attitudes to vaping / e-cigarettes
Products and devices
Vape to quit
Vaping / e-cigarette use

Health and Lifestyles Survey Vaping / e-cigarettes Vape to quit

Year

Year of survey.

Changes between years

Statistical significance is measured at the 5% significance level ( p value < .05).

Statistically significant differences between survey years ( p < .05) are indicated by the symbols and (significant increase or decrease respectively).

The symbol ≈ indicates there is no statistically significant difference between survey years.

A statistically significant difference is likely to represent a real change over time, rather than random variation due to the sampling process.

Vape to quit

Vaping / e-cigarettes

Use of a vape / e-cigarette to quit reduce or quit smoking tobacoo.

- Data

Prevalence for selected subtopic

This table gives the percentage of the population affected (that is, the unadjusted prevalence in the specified population). Click on an indicator to find out more about it.

Year

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	Year (%)				Changes between
Indicator	2014	2016	2018	2020	2014 and 2020	2016 and 2020	2018 and 2020
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	54.9	49.3	43.1	39.3	≈	≈	≈
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	23.4	29.0	21.8	12.6	≈	≈	≈

	Year (%)				Changes between
Indicator	2014	2016	2018	2020	2014 and 2020	2016 and 2020	2018 and 2020
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	41.3	32.3	34.7	-	≈	≈
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	13.3	34.5	15.5	-	≈	≈

	Year (%)				Changes between
Indicator	2014	2016	2018	2020	2014 and 2020	2016 and 2020	2018 and 2020
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	-	-	35.1	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	-	-	18.9	-	-	-

	Year (%)				Changes between
Indicator	2014	2016	2018	2020	2014 and 2020	2016 and 2020	2018 and 2020
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Year (%)				Changes between
Indicator	2014	2016	2018	2020	2014 and 2020	2016 and 2020	2018 and 2020
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	39.4	43.9	37.0	-	≈	≈
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	38.7	18.8	13.2	-		≈

	Year (%)			Changes between
Indicator	2014	2016	2018	2014 and 2018	2016 and 2018
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	54.9	49.3	43.1	≈	≈
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	23.4	29.0	21.8	≈	≈

	Year (%)			Changes between
Indicator	2014	2016	2018	2014 and 2018	2016 and 2018
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	41.3	32.3	-	≈
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	13.3	34.5	-	≈

	Year (%)			Changes between
Indicator	2014	2016	2018	2014 and 2018	2016 and 2018
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-

	Year (%)			Changes between
Indicator	2014	2016	2018	2014 and 2018	2016 and 2018
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-

	Year (%)			Changes between
Indicator	2014	2016	2018	2014 and 2018	2016 and 2018
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	39.4	43.9	-	≈
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	38.7	18.8	-	≈

	Year (%)		Changes between
Indicator	2014	2016	2014 and 2016
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	54.9	49.3	≈
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	23.4	29.0	≈

	Year (%)		Changes between
Indicator	2014	2016	2014 and 2016
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	41.3	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	13.3	-

	Year (%)		Changes between
Indicator	2014	2016	2014 and 2016
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	-	-

	Year (%)		Changes between
Indicator	2014	2016	2014 and 2016
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	-	-

	Year (%)		Changes between
Indicator	2014	2016	2014 and 2016
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	39.4	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	38.7	-

	Year (%)
Indicator	2014
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	54.9
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	23.4

	Year (%)
Indicator	2014
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-

	Year (%)
Indicator	2014
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-

	Year (%)
Indicator	2014
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-

	Year (%)
Indicator	2014
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	39.3	( 30.4 - 48.9 )	40.9	( 28.8 - 53.9 )	36.9	( 25.1 - 50 )
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	12.6	( 7.3 - 19.8 )	12.6	( 6.9 - 20.5 )	12.5	( 3.4 - 29.4 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	34.7	( 24.3 - 46.4 )	35.1	( 20.7 - 51.8 )	34.6	( 20.4 - 51.2 )
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	15.5	( 8.6 - 24.9 )	14.5	( 5.6 - 28.6 )	15.9	( 6.8 - 29.6 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	35.1	( 16 - 58.5 )	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	18.9	( 4.1 - 45.6 )	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	37.0	( 26.9 - 48.1 )	37.4	( 23.4 - 53.1 )	36.6	( 22.8 - 52.3 )
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	13.2	( 6.3 - 23.5 )	13.6	( 6.2 - 24.9 )	12.3	( 1.6 - 37.3 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	43.1	( 29.7 - 57.3 )	44.3	( 23.8 - 66.3 )	41.5	( 24 - 60.9 )
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	21.8	( 13.3 - 32.6 )	18.7	( 7.3 - 36.1 )	26.1	( 13.5 - 42.3 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	32.3	( 15.4 - 53.5 )	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	34.5	( 13.9 - 60.7 )	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	43.9	( 27.6 - 61.2 )	45.9	( 20.6 - 72.8 )	41.3	( 20.6 - 64.5 )
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	18.8	( 10 - 30.8 )	15.7	( 4.4 - 35.4 )	22.9	( 9.9 - 41.4 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	49.3	( 31.5 - 67.3 )	61.0	( 34.2 - 83.6 )	34.3	( 16.1 - 56.7 )
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	29.0	( 15.2 - 46.3 )	37.7	( 14.7 - 65.7 )	17.7	( 5.6 - 37.7 )

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	41.3	( 18 - 68 )	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	13.3	( 3.1 - 33.1 )	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	39.4	( 21.6 - 59.6 )	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	38.7	( 20.5 - 59.5 )	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	54.9	( 31.5 - 76.8 )	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	23.4	( 7.9 - 46.8 )	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Total		Men		Women
Indicator	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)	%	(95% CI)
Use of a vaping product to stop smoking completely (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Use vaping to reduce amount of tobacco smoked (current vapers only)	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Health and Lifestyles Survey

Notes:

Dashes indicate that the data is not available.