Vaping prevalence and trends: Findings from the 2024-25 NZ Health Survey

Richard Edwards; Janine Nip; Janet Hoek; Anaru Waa; Jude Ball

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Vaping prevalence and trends: Findings from the 2024-25 NZ Health Survey

Richard Edwards, Janine Nip, Janet Hoek, Anaru Waa and Jude Ball

Public Health Expert Briefing (The Briefing - Te Mahere)

Public Health Communication Centre Aotearoa

03/12/2025

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New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) data for 2024/2025 were released on 19 November 2025. Daily vaping prevalence was 11.7% in 2024/25 among adults aged ≥15 years, which is similar to the prevalence in 2023/24 (11.1%), but higher than in 2019/20 (3.5%). Over half a million people were estimated to be vaping daily in 2024/25. Daily vaping was much higher among younger age groups, Māori, Pacific peoples, and people experiencing higher levels of neighbourhood deprivation. The impact of recent (June 2025) vaping regulations, including measures aimed at ending sales of disposable vapes, are not captured in the 2024/25 NZHS data. Analysis of subsequent surveys is needed to determine whether the 2025 regulations reduce daily vaping — especially among groups with the highest vaping prevalence — or whether stronger regulatory action and enforcement might be needed.

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Record Identifier: 9926794586201891
Title: Vaping prevalence and trends: Findings from the 2024-25 NZ Health Survey
Creators: Richard Edwards
Janine Nip
Janet Hoek
Anaru Waa
Jude Ball
Publication Details: Public Health Expert Briefing (The Briefing - Te Mahere)
Academic Unit: Public Health (UOC); Public Health (UOW)
Publisher: Public Health Communication Centre Aotearoa
Date published ; e-published: 03/12/2025
Copyright: Copyright © Public Health Communication Centre Aotearoa 2025. This work was first published in Public Health Expert Briefing (Public Health Communication Centre Aotearoa). This is an open access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided that the original work is properly attributed to the creator(s) and the source, a link to the Creative Commons license is provided, and any changes made are indicated.
Language: English
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