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Provided with quitting advice and referral by a general practitioner, by age group
Of those current smokers who had seen a GP in the past 12 months, those in the
younger age groups (15–19, 20–24 and 25–29-year-olds) were significantly less likely to
have been provided with quitting advice or information and referred to quitting
programmes or given quitting products by a GP in the past 12 months than older people
aged 40–49 and 50–59 years (p-values < 0.05) (Figure 55). Those aged 30–39 were
less likely to have been provided with quitting advice or information and referred to
quitting programmes or given quitting products by a GP in the past 12 months than
those aged 40–49 years-old (p-value < 0.05).
Figure 55: Provided with quitting advice and referral by a GP in the past 12 months, among
current smokers aged 15–64 years who had seen a GP in the past 12 months, by
age group, 2009 (unadjusted prevalence)
60
Percent
50
40
30
20
10
0
22.1 23.4 20.6 27.4 39.7 39.9 34.6
15–19 20–24 25–29 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–64
Age group (years)
Source: 2009 New Zealand Tobacco Use Survey
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