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Attitudes towards smoking and tobacco control strategies – a comparison of recent quit-attempters versus non-attempters: In Fact

Making a recent quit attempt is one of the factors that predicts further quit attempts. However, little is known whether or not making a recent quit…

Use of alcohol among Year 10 students: In Fact

In New Zealand, a third of people who have ever tried alcohol report having had their first drink when they were 14-years-old or younger. It is,…

An Assessment of Data Quality for Examining Alcohol-Related Issues in the Queenstown Lakes District

The specific objectives of this feasibility study were to examine: The availability and robustness of data and information to assess alcohol-related issues in the Queenstown Lakes…

New Zealanders’ Knowledge, Views and Experience of Gambling and Gambling Harm: Results from the 2010 Health and Lifestyles Survey

The material in this report is drawn from gambling-related questions included in the 2010 Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS). With the exception of gambling participation data,…

What does smoking fulfil for young people? Technical report

This report presents data on young people’s attitudes towards smoking, in terms of the functions that smoking fulfils. It shows time trends using data from the…

Traumatic Brain Injury Research

Thousands of people each year experience some degree of TBI, which is identified by confusion or disorientation, loss of consciousness, post-traumatic amnesia and other neurological abnormalities…

Shopping behaviours of different food and drinks consumption groups: In Fact

This fact sheet provides a summary of differences in where people buy foods and drinks, how much they spend, and the influences on their shopping based…

Young people's attempts to stop smoking: In Fact

In 2010, around one half (51%) of young current smokers wanted to stop smoking. Around two-thirds (67%) of young people who had smoked in the past…

Casino gambling in New Zealand: Technical report

This report provides a snapshot of people’s perceptions, and risk, of harm from casino gambling in New Zealand, from data collected in the 2010 Health and Lifestyles…

Alcohol-related injury: An evidence-based literature review

This review focuses on research that considers the role of alcohol in causing injury and the effectiveness of educational and environmental strategies in preventing alcohol-related injury.…