Abstract:
Tobacco, alcohol and marijuana, in that order, are popular drugs widely used in New Zealand and elsewhere.1,2.Twenty-one per cent of New Zealanders aged over 15 years are smokers, of whom Māori (the indigenous people of New Zealand) and Pacific Island people, (comprising15% and 7% of the national population respectively3) have substantially higher smoking prevalences (45% and 31% respectively), than European (21%) and Asian (12%) New Zealanders. ....