New research by Auckland University says more Maori, Pacific and low income smokers are ditching the habit following the rise in excise tax in April
More evidence that taxing smokers heavily is forcing them to give up.
It comes in new research by the Auckland University's Centre for Tobacco Control Research.
It says more Maori, Pacific and low income smokers are ditching the habit following the rise in excise tax in April.
A survey's found that 65 per cent of participants had tried to stop smoking since then, double the quitting rates reported in a national survey, which found that about a third had tried to quit in the last year.
The survey also found people weren't switching to loose tobacco, as has happened with previous price hikes.
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