Participants in the 2012 YIS were asked about whether they had seen cigarette or tobacco packs being displayed in shops as well as whether or not they agreed with a ban on such displays. Findings are reported by smoking status, ethnicity, gender, and school decile status.
Methodology
Participants in the 2012 YIS were asked about whether they had seen cigarette or tobacco packs being displayed in shops as well as whether or not they agreed with a ban on such displays. Findings are reported by smoking status, ethnicity, gender, and school decile status where the differences between groups are statistically significant (p<.05). When looking at the differences by ethnicity, gender or school decile status, we have controlled for smoking status. This means that we take into account whether or not a respondent smokes to ensure that any differences found by ethnicity, gender or school decile status are not in fact due to smoking status.
Further analysis was undertaken to determine changes over time in attitudes towards a point of sale tobacco displays ban, as this question was also asked in 2010.
Key Results
- Prior to the introduction of the banning of tobacco retail displays, around two-thirds of all New Zealand Year 10 students had seen cigarette or tobacco packs displayed in shops in the last 30 days. More than half of those who had never smoked had seen such displays, and Māori were more likely than non-Māori to have seen them.
- Around two-thirds of students agreed that there should be a complete ban on displays of cigarettes and tobacco inside shops, and this rate of agreement was significantly higher in 2012 than in 2010. Students who were current smokers, Māori, male or attended a low decile school were less likely to agree.