New Zealand smokers' attitudes to tobacco companies and to tobacco regulation by sex, ethnicity and age
| Question asked* | All† | Male | Female | European/other | Mâori | Pacific | 18–34 years | 35–55 years | 55+ years | |
| ‘If effective nicotine substitutes that are not smoked became available, the government should then set a date to ban cigarette sales in 10 years time’. (W2† only)—n=921 | % Agree (95% CI) | 46.0 (41.6 to 50.4) | 47.9 (41.2 to 54.6) | 44.1 (38.4 to 49.8) | 44.4 (38.9 to 49.9) | 46.2 (39.0 to 53.4) | 62.3 (44.2 to 80.4) | 49.3 (41.2 to 57.4) | 43.9 (37.9 to 49.9) | 43.2 (34.8 to 51.7) |
| % Disagree (95% CI) | 46.6 (42.2 to 51.0) | 48.8 (42.1 to 55.5) | 44.4 (38.8 to 50.0) | 47.7 (42.2 to 53.3) | 46.9 (39.8 to 54.1) | 32.8 (14.9 to 50.7) | 42.1 (34.1 to 50.1) | 49.8 (43.8 to 55.7) | 49.4 (41.0 to 57.9) | |
| ‘Tobacco companies have done everything they can to reduce harm caused by smoking’—n=1332 | % Agree (95% CI) | 21.0 (18.2 to 23.8) | 19.1 (14.8 to 23.3) | 23.1 (19.4 to 26.7) | 19.1 (15.5 to 22.7) | 24.4 (20.1 to 28.6) | 29.5 (18.1 to 41.0) | 17.0 (12.4 to 21.5) | 21.9 (17.9 to 25.9) | 28.8 (21.7 to 35.9) |
| % Disagree (95% CI) | 73.6 (70.5 to 76.7) | 77.0 (72.4 to 81.2) | 70.0 (65.8 to 74.1) | 75.5 (71.5 to 79.4) | 70.8 (66.2 to 75.5) | 63.4 (50.4 to 76.4) | 76.1 (70.7 to 81.5) | 73.9 (69.6 to 78.1) | 66.6 (59.2 to 74.0) | |
| ‘Tobacco companies should be allowed to advertise and promote cigarettes as they please’—n=1361 | % Agree (95% CI) | 25.2 (22.1 to 28.2) | 25.8 (21.1 to 30.4) | 24.6 (20.6 to 28.5) | 24.7 (20.8 to 28.6) | 24.4 (19.9 to 29.0) | 32.9 (21.4 to 44.5) | 24.0 (18.9 to 29.2) | 24.3 (20.1 to 28.5) | 30.1 (22.8 to 37.5) |
| % Disagree (95% CI) | 69.0 (65.7 to 72.3) | 68.0 (62.9 to 73.1) | 70.1 (65.9 to 74.2) | 69.1 (64.9 to 73.4) | 70.3 (65.5 to 75.2) | 63.4 (51.6 to 75.3) | 68.7 (63.0 to 74.4) | 70.0 (65.4 to 74.6) | 67.2 (59.8 to 74.6) | |
| ‘Tobacco industry should take responsibility for the harm caused by smoking’—n=1365 | % Agree (95% CI) | 45.5 (41.9 to 49.0) | 49.5 (44.1 to 55.0) | 41.2 (36.7 to 45.7) | 42.7 (38.1 to 47.2) | 49.7 (44.4 to 55.0) | 60.2 (47.3 to 73.2) | 43.8 (37.6 to 50.0) | 48.9 (43.7 to 53.9) | 40.8 (33.3 to 48.4) |
| % Disagree (95% CI) | 46.9 (43.3 to 50.5) | 43.3 (37.9 to 48.7) | 50.7 (46.1 to 55.2) | 49.9 (45.3 to 54.7) | 42.5 (37.3 to 47.7) | 30.5 (19.1 to 42.0) | 48.2 (42.0 to 54.4) | 43.8 (38.8 to 48.9) | 51.6 (43.9 to 59.3) | |
| ‘Tobacco companies should be more tightly regulated’—n=1352 | % Agree (95% CI) | 65.0 (61.6 to 68.4) | 61.5 (56.2 to 66.9) | 68.6 (64.5 to 72.6) | 62.3 (57.9 to 66.8) | 70.5 (65.6 to 75.4) | 74.0 (63.2 to 84.8) | 64.5 (58.4 to 70.5) | 64.9 (60.0 to 69.7) | 66.5 (59.5 to 73.6) |
| % Disagree (95% CI) | 28.6 (25.3 to 31.8) | 31.4 (26.3 to 36.5) | 25.5 (21.7 to 29.4) | 31.0 (26.8 to 35.2) | 22.0 (17.6 to 26.4) | 25.6 (14.8 to 36.4) | 27.6 (22.0 to 33.3) | 28.0 (23.5 to 32.6) | 32.0 (25.0 to 39.0) | |
| ‘The government should do more to tackle the harm done by smoking’—n=1363 | % Agree (95% CI) | 58.8 (55.3 to 62.3) | 65.0 (59.7 to 70.3) | 52.3 (47.7 to 56.8) | 54.6 (50.0 to 59.2) | 65.9 (60.8 to 70.9) | 78.2 (68.1 to 88.3) | 61.0 (54.9 to 67.2) | 60.6 (55.7 to 65.6) | 48.6 (41.0 to 56.2) |
| % Disagree (95% CI) | 31.8 (28.5 to 35.0) | 25.7 (21.0 to 30.5) | 38.0 (33.6 to 42.4) | 35.1 (30.8 to 39.4) | 26.3 (21.6 to 31.1) | 15.5 (7.5 to 23.6) | 28.6 (23.0 to 34.2) | 31.7 (27.0 to 36.4) | 39.5 (32.2 to 46.8) | |