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Services and products used in most recent quit attempt<br />

The most common quitting product or service recent quit attempters used in <strong>the</strong>ir most<br />

recent quit attempt was nicotine replacement <strong>the</strong>rapy (NRT). The Quitline was used by<br />

around one in six recent quit attempters, while one in 13 received help <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

general practitioner (GP) (Figure 36).<br />

Figure 36: Services and products used in most recent quit attempt, among recent quit<br />

attempters aged 15–64 years (unadjusted prevalence)<br />

30<br />

Percent<br />

25<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0<br />

21.6 16.2 7.9 6.3 5.2 4.6 11.1<br />

1.2<br />

NRT Quitline GP O<strong>the</strong>r health<br />

care worker<br />

Friend or<br />

family member<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r<br />

medicinal<br />

<strong>the</strong>rapy<br />

Cessation help, advice, programme or product<br />

Māori<br />

community<br />

health worker<br />

Something<br />

else<br />

Source: <strong>2009</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Tobacco Use Survey<br />

Note: Recent quit attempters were able to select multiple help, advice, programmes and products used in <strong>the</strong>ir most<br />

recent quit attempt, and so may be included in more than one category. For example, many Quitline users will also<br />

use NRT sourced <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> Quitline in a quit attempt.<br />

56 Tobacco Use in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong>

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